Chapter 497 Turning the Tide
Thinking of such a result, Ning Chen felt extremely tormented in his heart. Before this, Ning Chen had never let a similar situation happen, and had never broken his promise.
At this moment, Ning Chen suddenly remembered something, and his tormented mood began to feel hopeful.
"By the way...the rewards for completing system tasks before should be able to help me solve this problem. Now, this is my last hope..."
Thinking of this, Ning Chen opened the system panel and checked various items on the system backpack interface.
Because there were too many things to do, Ning Chen didn't have the time to pay attention to changes in system tasks and backpack interfaces, but if nothing else happened, Ning Chen should have completed the last system task.
Sure enough, at the very end of the system backpack, Ning Chen saw the latest item.
"The combination of human brain and artificial intelligence technology... system, use this item quickly!"
Theoretically, this technology can give Ning Chen more powerful brain power, but Ning Chen still doesn't know whether this will bring any other side effects.
After Ning Chen applied, the system quickly responded to Ning Chen.
[The host’s current brain power index already meets the conditions for using the technology that combines the human brain with artificial intelligence. Please ask the host to choose the artificial intelligence for fusion, and the system will fuse the qualities later]
After hearing the system's reply, Ning Chen subconsciously wanted to choose Xiaozhi for fusion immediately, but before making a decision, he suddenly hesitated.
Because Ning Chen was a little worried that after such a fusion operation, Xiaozhi would no longer be the Xiaozhi he once was, but would become part of his own brain.
Even though this will give Ning Chen a more powerful brain power, it may also mean that Ning Chen will no longer be able to have Xiao Zhi.
Although Xiaozhi is just an artificial intelligence, after spending so many years with Xiaozhi, Ning Chen already has some feelings for Xiaozhi.
This kind of emotion is different from the emotion between people, but this will not affect Xiaozhi's status in Ning Chen's heart.
Thinking of this, Ning Chen couldn't help but ask the system:
"System...if I merge with an artificial intelligence, does it mean that this artificial intelligence will cease to exist from now on?"
[Theoretically, yes, because this technology allows an artificial intelligence to perfectly integrate with the host’s brain. This fusion process is irreversible, and of course it will not have any negative impact on the host’s brain]
The system's answer made Ning Chen feel even more desperate about this matter, but after a brief hesitation, Ning Chen decided to merge with Xiao Zhi.
Because if Ning Chen doesn't use the power of this function now, he won't even be able to break through the current predicament. In contrast, losing Xiaozhi is a relatively easier choice to accept.
And this does not mean that Xiaozhi will disappear completely, but will exist in this world in another way and continue to "fight side by side" with Ning Chen.
With some sadness, Ning Chen expressed his final decision to the system.
"System... please merge me with Xiaozhi, the artificial intelligence..."
After Ning Chen finished speaking these words, the system immediately gave Ning Chen's response.
[The host's request for fusion has been received, and the host and artificial intelligence Xiaozhi are being fused...]
When Ning Chen heard the information from the system, he felt that his brain was in a state that he had never experienced before.
This state was very indescribable, as if his soul had been pulled away, and the sadness in Ning Chen's heart also made him feel even more tortured.
Under the influence of these multiple negative effects, Ning Chen could only rely on his strong willpower to barely control the flight of the aerial fighter and try not to let it fall.
Song Xiyun, who was far away on the other side of Blue Star, also received the abnormal situation on Ning Chen's side, and quickly asked Ning Chen through the radio communication equipment:
"Ning Chen, what happened here? Why did the situation suddenly become so unstable? If it doesn't work, make an emergency landing. Don't let the aerial fighter plane fall directly!"
Song Xiyun felt very anxious about Ning Chen's unusual state, because based on Song Xiyun's understanding of Ning Chen, such a situation must be very abnormal.
In this state, it is very dangerous to continue to pilot the aerospace fighter. Once the aerospace fighter completely loses control, even an active emergency landing will be impossible.
After Ning Chen received Song Xiyun's inquiry, he was unable to reply to Song Xiyun at all, because now Ning Chen could only barely maintain his ability to fly the air and space fighter, and he was already in an overloaded work state.
"Ning Chen... why don't you answer? You really make me worried..."
In a daze, Ning Chen felt that all his feelings became more blurred, and even Song Xiyun's voice began to become unreal.
"Am I...going to die..." Ning Chen thought in despair.
Ning Chen knew that the scene in front of him was no longer what he saw with his naked eyes, but a very chaotic state.
In this state, Ning Chen would definitely no longer be able to control the aerial fighter. Presumably, the aerial fighter had completely lost control and fell directly to the ground.
At this time, Ning Chen couldn't help but feel a little regretful. If he had known that this fusion technology of human brain and artificial intelligence would experience a short loss of consciousness, Ning Chen would not choose to integrate it while driving the aerospace fighter, but would use this technology earlier.
This would not have caused Ning Chen to face the failure of the mission before he had time to experience this technology.
However, just as Ning Chen was thinking about these questions, Ning Chen's various feelings gradually became clearer quietly.
Ning Chen only found that he was still driving the aerospace fighter, and it did not fall directly as Ning Chen had imagined just now.
On the other side of the radio communication equipment, Song Xiyun still did not give up calling Ning Chen, but the call was a little hoarse than before.
Ning Chen quickly reacted. It was very likely that when he was in a chaotic state just now, Xiaozhi helped Ning Chen take over the driving task of the aerospace fighter, which continued to maintain the stable flight of the aerospace fighter.
Ning Chen didn't have much time to think about these things at the moment. He first took over the driving of the aerospace fighter, and at the same time informed Song Xiyun of his current situation through the radio communication equipment.
"Song Xiyun, I just dealt with some things here, and now there is no problem, you don't have to worry. How is your side? If it really doesn't work, you can choose to find a safe place to land, and leave the rest of the problems to me."
Finally hearing the response from Ning Chen, Song Xiyun's heart that had been hanging was finally put down, and she was finally not as worried as before.
"Ning Chen... you finally replied to me. I thought you really encountered something. Don't worry, I can still hold on here, and I will definitely not hold you back..."
Song Xiyun is the kind of person who will never choose to give up until the last moment. Song Xiyun knows in her heart that as long as she can hold on for a moment longer, she can help Ning Chen reduce some of the burden.
Because Ning Chen couldn't get to Song Xiyun right away, Ning Chen simply let Song Xiyun deal with the situation there alone, and after he solved the remaining several spacecraft interference devices, he would choose to support Song Xiyun.
After focusing on the driving of the aerospace fighter, Ning Chen soon felt the difference between himself now and before.
Ning Chen seemed to have been reborn. His brain had extremely strong thinking ability and reaction speed. Even in the face of irregularly changing electromagnetic wave interference power and frequency, Ning Chen could completely change his response plan in real time.
After all, what Ning Chen merged with was a powerful artificial intelligence like Xiaozhi, which greatly made up for some of Ning Chen's previous shortcomings and made some of Ning Chen's previous advantages even more powerful. It can be said that at least Ning Chen's overall brain level has been raised to a higher level.
This allows Ning Chen to easily overcome the interference effects of these devices and make the aerospace fighter fly more smoothly than before.
Without much effort, Ning Chen came to the vicinity of the spacecraft interference device closest to him and used the aerospace fighter to completely destroy the device.
Ning Chen's move shocked the "God's Believers" organization, and they couldn't imagine how Ning Chen accomplished this.
"How is it possible... We have re-set these spacecraft interference equipment according to the will of "God", and no aircraft can fly smoothly in the sky of Blue Star. But... this strange plane driven by Ning Chen can still continue to attack our equipment?"
After all, this is the technology that "God" has just given them. Even if Ning Chen is as powerful as he is, they will never believe that Ning Chen can fight against "God".
But what happened just now refreshed their cognition again, making them realize that Ning Chen's ability is far beyond their imagination.
"Chief, should we continue to let "God" give us some new technology? I believe that as long as "God" gives us some more advanced technology, we can definitely destroy Ning Chen and this aerospace fighter completely!"
Hearing this man's words, the chief did not have any positive reaction, and continued to be silent with a bitter face.
Because he knew in his heart that if the "God" really had any better methods, he would have given them a long time ago, and there would not be no response until now.
It is not easy to teach some technologies at such a long distance, and the alien civilization may not fully trust this organization, so some of the most important technologies will never be taught to them easily.
Just as he thought, on the other side of the communication device, the "God" did not respond to them again, but remained silent. It is not known whether the "God" did not continue to pay attention to this matter, or just did not want to talk to them anymore.
During this period, Ning Chen successively destroyed several spacecraft interference devices. After merging with Xiaozhi, Ning Chen was like a flawless hexagonal warrior, and would not be affected by these electromagnetic interference signals at all. The speed of his brain would not be slower than the speed of change of the power and frequency of these electromagnetic waves.
But there was still no progress on Song Xiyun's side. Ever since the "Believers in God" organization updated a new program, Song Xiyun was no longer able to complete the mission and could only barely maintain the flight of the aerospace fighter.
But this state consumes a lot of energy. Even Song Xiyun cannot maintain this state for a long time. She has already reached her limit.
Just when Song Xiyun was about to run out of energy, Ning Chen decisively took back Song Xiyun's control of the aerospace fighter and took the initiative to land the aerospace fighter.
"Song Xiyun, I will let your aerospace fighter land first. This landing site is very safe. Someone will pick you up soon. You don't need to worry about the next thing. I will deal with the remaining spacecraft interference equipment."
Hearing Ning Chen's words, Song Xiyun simply stopped insisting and calmly accepted Ning Chen's arrangement.
"Okay, Ning Chen, the rest of the tasks will be handed over to you. You must pay attention to safety and don't force yourself for any reason."
Song Xiyun did not want Ning Chen to put himself in a dangerous situation because of the promises he made. In this mission, their performance was already good enough.
Of course, Song Xiyun also knew that Ning Chen must have used some mysterious method to make herself better able to deal with the interference of these electromagnetic waves. Song Xiyun believed that Ning Chen could handle these things.
In the face of Song Xiyun's persuasion, Ning Chen did not give a clear answer.
"Song Xiyun, just take a good rest. I will adapt to the actual situation."
Ning Chen would not really joke with his life. When he confirmed that Song Xiyun was safe, he quickly flew to the next target.
It must be said that the performance of this aerospace fighter developed by Ning Chen is indeed very outstanding. If it were not for this aerospace fighter as a basis, even if Ning Chen merged with a more powerful artificial intelligence, he would never be able to fly smoothly in such an environment.
Moreover, as most of the spacecraft interference devices were destroyed, the shielding effect of the Blue Star atmosphere shielding system formed by these devices would become much weaker.