Chapter 468 Chapter 465 The Ethereal Lich

Although Zhuang Xuteng and Ge Gongdao installed the driving assistance suit implant, they only used its load-bearing enhancement, posture control, integrated implant bus and other functions, and never had the opportunity to use its external power supply interface.

Shadow slave devices generally require two types of energy: control energy and power energy. The former can only be shadow slave energy, and the latter can be shadow slave, electricity, or of course the kinetic energy provided by the steam engine. All shadow slave devices are set up in this way, including shadow slave spell equipment and technological equipment such as the flat-headed brother.

In the middle of the lower back and upward position, the driving assistance suit implant has a total of fifteen integrated contacts. Each group of five contacts forms a five-pointed star, and there are three groups of such contacts, which is the standard form of the "universal energy and control interface". Each five-pointed star can provide shadow slave energy or electrical energy, but not at the same time. General equipment uses two five-pointed stars to obtain two different energy supplies. When some equipment requires more energy, it can occupy the third five-pointed star, thereby adding a set of energy channels.

The suit implant itself cannot generate energy, it only has the function of storage. The implant in the back part is equipped with a military high-density battery pack and a rechargeable shadow chip, which can provide energy for external devices. Relatively speaking, the battery is quite efficient, but the shadow chip is quite average, and in most cases it is not enough for the equipment to consume. Although the human body is inefficient in the field of power generation, many people can provide shadow energy, so it is just right to complement the energy storage part of the implant after combining it with the energy storage part.

Another way to increase the energy limit is of course to buy external plug-ins or install more implants in the body, which is basically the only feasible way for some people who like to use exoskeletons. Zhuang Xuteng and Ge Gongdao do not use exoskeletons, and at present, only the flat-headed brother may need to be charged. But Zhuang Xuteng is still thinking about the invisible cloak. In the future, that thing may use up a lot of energy reserves...

Retract your thoughts and focus on the things in front of you. Zhuang Xuteng suddenly cared about the implant interface behind him for a reason: after reading the relevant chapters of the manual in detail, he noticed that the flat-headed brother can start a variety of communication protocols in this connection mode, including general radio frequencies and high-penetration communication protocols to be used in this mission. Since Zhuang Xuteng has already implanted a communication antenna, he only needs to extend it slightly, connect the antenna to the driving assistance suit implant, and then connect it to the flat-headed brother on his back, so that he can carry a radio at all times, which greatly facilitates communication operations during the mission.

The connection between the communication antenna and the suit implant is very simple, and a plan has been reserved. It only takes a small operation. Zhuang Xuteng can complete this operation by himself. With the help of the ghost jelly and the ghost tentacles, he can even operate a series of implant tools such as scalpels and screwdrivers in a completely blind state. The surgical tool box set is still in his house and can be used after disinfection. Extend the extension accessories of the implant from the corner of the eyebrow to the ear, and establish a connection with the driving assistance suit implant through the ready-made line here.

So it extends backward from the corner of the eyebrow, bypasses the tip of the ear, turns downward and ends at the back of the auricle. This part of the area is buried with the communication antenna implant and its accessories, forming a flesh-colored thin line that can glow (but not necessary). As long as you get closer and observe carefully, you can see these implant traces.

The size of the Flathead Brother is not big. As long as the clothes are not too tight, you can put it in and stick it on your back. In order to take care of the overall matte and low-visibility design of the outer surface, its two five-star interfaces are hidden inside. You can only feel the magnetic effect, and there is no obvious visual mark. Zhuang Xuteng roughly found the position, and felt that it was automatically adsorbed with a snap under the action of magnetism, eliminating the installation steps.

"Start." Zhuang Xuteng had to use the function keyboard on the joystick to start the Flathead Brother first, and then adjust it to the corresponding mode.

The Flathead Brother vibrated slightly on the back, and soon calmed down and entered a stable working mode. As the communication protocol was initialized - the remote control screen showed it - Zhuang Xuteng's communication antenna received an "incoming call" request. He tapped the antenna at the corner of his eyebrow with his fingers, connected the "phone", and completed the connection between the Flathead Brother and himself.

"It seems that I can make a call..." Zhuang Xuteng checked the operating manual and found that he was still missing something: a personal information assistant. It was a skin implant, which was probably to install devices such as keyboards, joysticks and mice under the skin to operate electronic devices implanted in the body. This technology was developed during the company war and has long been mature. It can only help people reduce the burden of equipment on the battlefield, which is quite useful. However, in peacetime, everyone chooses mobile phones that can be continuously upgraded, and the keyboard of the mobile phone is sufficient.

For Zhuang Xuteng, without a keyboard, he can only answer calls but not make outgoing calls.

"The things used by the army are indeed complete sets. If any accessory is missing, there may be problems..." In order to super-calculate martial arts, Zhuang Xuteng will not install an implanted keyboard, so he can only use the buttons of the flat-headed brother remote control to achieve the function. Since his goal is to free his hands and achieve the effect of establishing communication at any time, holding the remote control is obviously a conflict.

"Well, take a step back, at least the communication channel can be maintained, and I don't need the communication earplugs of the mobile phone at all." Zhuang Xuteng was about to call Dao Ge to test the clarity of the call, and heard the system message sent by the flat-headed brother through the bone conduction device: "There is an access connection attempt, internal adaptive communication protocol, note: I am a lich master."

Ah? Lich Master? Zhuang Xuteng was stunned for a moment, his mind was spinning fast. Out of caution, he did not connect to this strange connection, but disconnected and turned off the flat-headed brother, calmed himself down, and then entered into meditation, and first went to ask the Lich Master in person what was going on.

In the stone pillar hall, the Lich Master rarely left the throne, let alone stood on the throne. Zhuang Xuteng had never seen him lose his composure like this, and the whole lich's body posture gave people the feeling that he was going to hang himself with an invisible void rope: raising his hands high, waving them left and right, and his head stretched up and his neck straight. The light in the Lich Master's eyes flickered and swayed, like a flame in the wind. After seeing Zhuang Xuteng, he rarely lost his temper, first threw his raised hands down, and then said a series of words to Zhuang Xuteng that he could not understand at all - maybe it was some language in his world?

"Don't worry, get down from the chair - what's this for? Did you initiate the communication request just now?"

After hearing Zhuang Xuteng's words, the Lich Master changed back to "normal" language. "Yes, it was me. What did you do outside? Why can you suddenly open a channel to the outside world?"

"I'm practicing using the recently acquired Flathead Brother, a communication-type military shadow slave device." Zhuang Xuteng introduced the Flathead Brother from scratch, and talked about all his attempts and practices.

The Lich Master was no longer angry or anxious, at least on the surface, he suppressed those emotions and listened carefully to Zhuang Xuteng's words. "It seems to be correct, the number and time are right. As long as you establish contact with the Flathead Brother, a portal will appear here, located above the throne. Through spell analysis, it can be seen that the portal can let me leave here."

"Wait, can't you leave here at any time?" Zhuang Xuteng asked.

"Leaving is different from leaving. There is a usable body behind the portal, I am quite sure of that."

"There is probably a flat-headed brother behind the portal, right?" Zhuang Xuteng gestured with his hands to show the size and shape of the flat-headed brother, and said: "That is a shadow electronic device, which is full of shadow chips inside. Can you use that as a body?"

"Although using a constructed puppet as a body is not as good as a biological body and a lich body, it is barely acceptable."

Zhuang Xuteng frowned and said: "I can hear the impulse in your tone. Master, the flat-headed brother was never considered to become a lich's body during the design and construction process. The consequences of rash actions may be quite serious. I advise you to think twice, and I hope you can find a way to do experiments first."

"It's impossible to do experiments." The lich master said.

Zhuang Xuteng was silent for a moment, nodded, and said, "Okay, then I will go out and activate the Flathead Brother. Just like before, you send an application and I will approve it. You are older than me, more experienced, and can take care of yourself and decide your own destiny. I just want to say one last thing: in case I never see you again, I have to let you know that it is my honor to know you."

The Lich Master waved his hand, as if he didn't want to say anything, so Zhuang Xuteng immediately left the Stone Pillar Hall. He didn't delay for a second, and activated the Flathead Brother at the fastest speed, connected the communication protocol, and attached it to his back. He waited for more than 20 minutes, but still did not receive a communication request from the Lich Master. So he waited another 20 minutes to feel the state of using the implant in his body to provide energy to the Flathead Brother, and then turned it off again and returned to the Stone Pillar Hall.

This time, the Lich Master sat in the throne, leaning back with a relaxed body, and the light in the empty eye sockets was very stable.

"Calm down?" Zhuang Xuteng asked. The Lich Master did not answer him, which was also within Zhuang Xuteng's expectations, so he changed his words: "I just thought of a technical possibility."

"Please speak." The Lich Master used the word "please" for the first time.

"When I use the Flathead Brother, I will activate the zombie mode. At this time, the Flathead Brother is my upper controller, and I am the zombie. You said that my body is very suitable for carrying your soul, which is why you have been staying here." Zhuang Xuteng expressed his thoughts: "Is it possible that when you detect the situation on the other side of the so-called portal, you actually check not the Flathead Brother, but the Flathead Brother's zombie, that is, me. Because it is me, you will feel that you have found a new carrier that can accommodate you, and it is worth going out."

The Lich Master raised his right hand, rubbed his fingers slowly in front of his eyes for a while, and actually admitted directly: "You are right."

"Am I right?" Zhuang Xuteng had prepared a lot of content to support his theory, but he didn't expect that the Lich Master would be convinced right away, which caught him off guard. I wanted to be proud, but I felt it was inappropriate, so Zhuang Xuteng laughed intermittently, as if he was a little guilty: "Hehe... Hey, it turns out that I can solve some problems. Since... No, let's talk about what happens next. In fact, I think what happened today has reminded us: Flathead plus zombie physique may be a way out."

"Tell me what you think," said the Lich Master.

"Purple skin people, and various execution puppets." Zhuang Xuteng said: "The things made by those companies also use a series of zombie control technologies, and they can be remotely controlled at any time to let them do this and that. If I add a flathead with the communication protocol turned on, it is equivalent to a portal that allows you to leave, so we can find a way to pull those zombies into this system."

Zhuang Xuteng only talked about an idea, and he didn't have the knowledge and skills to realize it, so he finished speaking in a few words. Next, the lich master began to think, thinking about Zhuang Xuteng's idea as if he were studying a very important topic, and filling it with his own knowledge and experience.

After calming down, he knew very well what kind of mistake he had made, and what this mistake meant. As a master among liches, he successfully retained the emotions that only the living have, and would not let time grind him into a ruthless undead creature like a skeleton. But he also took precautions to control his emotions and not let it affect his calmness and rationality.

He wanted to avoid the invincible file of time, but was hit by the arrow shot by time. The emotions he had always wanted to control were getting stronger and stronger, and had begun to affect his rationality in turn. As a master of necromancy, he quickly analyzed why this was and how to solve it: he had been away from his body for too long. Although he was called a lich, he was actually more like a ghost. Ghosts are generally a collection of resentment. In this state, emotions can prevail over rationality, and can even be strengthened and expanded without limit. He must obtain a body and become a lich again, or a zombie is also OK, as long as there is a physical entity.

"This is a very good research direction, at least it sounds like it is very likely to be realized." The Lich Master said: "Preparation in two aspects: 1. The cultivation of a new body based on the remaining body must begin. Modify the plan, no longer pursue a complete body that is comprehensive, but cultivate it into the core of the new body, and use the execution puppet to solve the rest; 2. We need to find a way to pull the execution puppet into the communication network so that I can contact the execution puppet through you and the honey badger."

"I will find a way to complete the first part, and you only need to assist me. The second part can only rely on you, including you Go find experts in the shadow network and people who understand execution puppets. "The lich master said: "Zhuang Xuteng, I need a body, otherwise I may become a vengeful spirit, ghost or will-o'-the-wisp or something like that. My mental power and emotions are too strong, and I am extremely lacking a stable anchor point. "

Zhuang Xuteng nodded: "I understand, I will find a way. I have an execution puppet at home, and I can ask someone to study their communication protocol. Those execution puppets are not good as bodies, but let's solve the problem of whether there are any first, okay?"

The lich master nodded, slowly lowered his arms, and then stood up with his hands supporting the chair. "This matter must succeed-this belief is the last lock that I can regain control of my emotions at present. If I can't get a physical body, my sanity will inevitably collapse, and your spirit will also be affected, and then affect the outside world. Even if you don't care about the world you are in, the people around you will definitely be affected. This time, thank you for calming me down, so I will take care of those who are important to you with the same concern. "

It sounds weird, but the lich master's formal thanks still made Zhuang Xuteng very proud and happy for a while.