Traveler of the River of Time and Space

Chapter 635 9: Prologue to Mechanical Ascension

The heavy iron gate opens.

Two researchers in lab coats, accompanied by a squad of fully armed soldiers, carrying a completely sealed glass apparatus in the middle, hurriedly entered the underground base near the Southern Cross.

"Hurry up! Hurry up!"

"Be careful."

The man in the lab coat on the right holds a mini computer, his right eye emits infrared-like rays, scanning the person inside the glass apparatus while walking briskly. Life data is being input into the mini computer in his hand.

What's inside the glass apparatus might be considered a person, but it's more a half-corpse; the head is relatively intact, but from the neck down, the side near the heart is completely blown apart, with a wound cut open with incredible brute force, exposing the artificial heart and various bionic organs. Below the waist, everything is gone, leaving only half a metal spine hanging alone in the liquid.

In some sense, what's soaked inside the unknown liquid in the glass apparatus is already a dead person.

But since the head is relatively intact, at this moment, more than a dozen needle-like instruments are inserted externally, constantly sending micro-currents to stimulate the brain tissue.

Doors of iron gates open one by one.

The two researchers directed the soldiers to put down the apparatus and then waved them away.

"Can he still be revived?" A man wearing a Brotherhood badge looked complexly at the head inside the glass apparatus, as one of the researchers started to operate the mechanical arm, removing all parts below the neck, using an electromagnetic light blade to cut open the superalloy spine.

"Not sure." One of the researchers waved his hand expressionlessly, dismissing people: "The body tissues are completely damaged, but the brain tissues haven't died completely."

"His brain is considerably damaged, it can't be used anymore."

"All we can do now is risk transferring his consciousness into a new artificial brain. Whether it will succeed depends on God's will."

"This is also our first experiment in consciousness transfer."

Quickly.

All unrelated personnel were driven out, and then the projector on the ceiling lit up, revealing the image of a gentle-looking man in the lab.

"Doctor A," the two researchers promptly stood up and said.

Doctor A, compared to before, has changed significantly in appearance, looking much younger. As soon as his projection appeared, he checked the data displayed on the computer and then said: "Gaia."

"Proceed with data analysis assistance."

"This experiment is very important; it's rare to encounter such perfect material."

At this moment, the head inside the glass apparatus has gradually been separated, advanced bionic organ components dismantled, and the previously shut eyes trembled slightly under the stimulation of biological micro-currents.

"Target name: Leon Triss."

"Identity: High Tier Brotherhood combat personnel."

"Race: High Tier Bionic (Human)"

"Body structure: Complete bionic transformation except for the brain, superalloy bionic spine (damaged), titanium alloy skull (minor damage), nuclear-powered stomach (damaged), ultra-fiber artificial lungs (damaged), nuclear fusion pump heart (damaged)..."

"Scanning target's brain structure!..."

"Initiating consciousness transfer computation!..."

Along with the massive data flow, the computer display gradually showed the scanned image of the complete brain structure of the target, along with the previous body comparison chart, detailing previous bionic transformations one by one, and meticulously listing the new replacement parts.

"Let's begin," Doctor A said with a trace of excitement and tension, slowly speaking: "Beidou has shared data with us."

"This is our most likely successful attempt."

"The future of humanity."

"Starts now."

As the head inside the glass apparatus was cut open, the complete brain tissue was cautiously taken out by the two researchers. Their exposed arms shimmered with a silvery white light, while their right eyes projected infrared-like micro rays, evidently indicating that these two researchers had undergone significant bionic modifications, otherwise their hands couldn't be so steady, with negligible margin of error.

The complete brain tissue was extracted.

Just as the researchers were preparing for the next step, suddenly Gaia's cold mechanical female voice sounded: "Doctor A."

"The satellite has detected that Falcon Squad has deviated from its original flight path."

Upon hearing Gaia's words, Doctor A clearly paused for a moment, then said sternly: "Notify them immediately!"

"Dispatch the nearest combat squad for support."

"Deploy 'Alpha Dog' as well."

"Although we don't know what the Gospel Book is, it can no longer fall into the hands of those cultists."

Quickly.

Gaia's electronic voice responded: "Yes."

"Orders have been issued."

Over a hundred kilometers away.

A night of long-distance raid made Su Ying unable to resist a bit of fatigue, especially initially focusing her will to resist the profane whisper erosion from the Gospel Book, which made her mentally very tired.

So after boarding the helicopter, she couldn't help but close her eyes for a bit.

But actually she didn't fall asleep, just sat in the rear cabin of the plane with her eyes closed, as a natural person with no bionic modification, Su Ying's physical condition is already quite impressive, surpassing 99% of ordinary people, but compared to humans with extensive bionic modification, there is still a slight gap, and the fatigue on biological functions caused her consciousness to slacken somewhat.

"Falcon! Falcon!"

"Calling Falcon Squad! You have deviated from the original flight path!"

"Please return immediately."

Su Ying had just closed her eyes for a brief moment when suddenly a cold mechanical female voice sounded inside the helicopter.

Upon hearing this voice, Su Ying opened her eyes almost instantaneously, the next second she aimed her gun forward.

But the enemy's speed was faster than hers, almost the moment the voice sounded, the pilot at the front of the helicopter decisively drew a gun and shot backward, with her powerful Spiritual Energy sensing allowing Su Ying to rely on Intuitive Evasion to dodge the bullets in an instant, but the blonde woman sitting not far from her, two seats apart, wasn't so lucky, directly hit in the chest and right shoulder by a burst of bullets.

However, after being hit by bullets, the woman's actions were not restricted because the bullets emitted a crisp sound of metal collision and a flash of light after penetrating her clothes and the outer silicone material.

"Evacuate!" The blonde woman leaped and did something Su Ying hadn't expected. She lunged forward, shielding Su Ying with her body, and took all the bullets on her back.

The beautiful suit dress was completely shredded, revealing patches of silver-white metallic sheen underneath.

A red glow appeared in the woman's eyes. Suddenly, she extended her arm, lifting the seat off the helicopter and, with great force, hurled it toward the cockpit.

"Jump!"

Su Ying, who was preparing to raise her gun and retaliate, suddenly froze. She grabbed the woman and jumped off the aircraft instantly.

It turned out that at that moment,

the helicopter's pilot and the combat team next to him showed strange and devout smiles. Then, they retrieved high-explosive grenades from their waists.

Boom!

The helicopter turned into a gigantic fireball mid-air.

Su Ying awkwardly adjusted her body, one hand clutching the woman beside her, the other seeking balance, adjusting her angle to activate the rocket jets on her exoskeleton armor.

Thud.

Accompanied by a muffled sound, Su Ying awkwardly landed in a mud pit, causing her exoskeleton armor to sink over ten centimeters deep.

"Get up."

The blonde woman broke free the moment she landed. She used one hand to pull Su Ying, who was wearing the heavy exoskeleton, out, then unhesitatingly tore off her women's suit, revealing her bionic back and silver-white metal prosthetics.

"Dr. A." She pressed the communicator behind her ear and quickly said, "We've been attacked by an unknown threat."

"The combat team seems to be under mental control."

"I'm sending the coordinates now! Requesting support from headquarters!"

Before any response came, Su Ying's expression suddenly changed. She pulled the woman beside her and said with urgency, "There's an enemy!"

"Be careful!"

"It's a very strong spiritualist."

A flash of red light appeared within Su Ying's Space-Time Apostle System perception range.

Alarms sounded!

Some prompts appeared!

"Alert! Alert!"

"Unknown mutant detected!... Target is highly polluted!..."

"Detected a wide range of profane whisper!..."

"Unknown spiritual entity detected!..."

Following the initial blast of red light, red dots suddenly appeared around them in all directions.

Su Ying paused for a moment, a wry smile forming on her lips as she said, "We might be surrounded."

She underestimated the situation.

Never anticipated that the academy's combat personnel would be mentally controlled.

Hearing this, the woman assessed the surroundings and decisively said, "Break through on the right side."

"I'll cover you."

"The academy's support should arrive soon."

Su Ying didn't hesitate any longer and moved in a direction with fewer enemies. After running several hundred meters, she suddenly said, "The nuclear fusion battery of the power armor is running low."

"If we're caught by the enemy."

"You take the Gospel Book and go."

As a natural person who hasn't undergone any bionic transformation, once the nuclear fusion battery of the power armor runs out, her combat ability would be severely diminished. Spiritual Energy wouldn't be enough to fend off all bullets, and the exoskeleton power armor was currently her strongest protection.

The blonde woman glanced back at Su Ying upon hearing this, her gaze lingering on her youthful face for a moment before she said, "Hang in there."

"Support will arrive shortly."

The academy's support hadn't arrived yet, but at this moment, Su Ying's communicator suddenly received an external call. A steady middle-aged male voice came through: "This is Beidou."

"Our support troops have reached your vicinity."

"Please break through towards the east immediately."

"We'll provide you with long-range fire support."

In the distant darkness, twisted figures appeared, causing Su Ying's pupils to contract. She saw some burly figures wearing exoskeleton power armor. She had seen such bio-engineered soldiers in her childhood, but these appeared bulkier, more grotesque, and more terrifying.

At the same time,

over ten kilometers away, another group of people wearing peculiar attire was observing the situation here.

"Mother," a burly giant nearly three meters tall respectfully bowed his head and said, "The target has been identified."

"Shall we act now?"

A tall woman in a dark green robe, adorned with a precise mechanical lever and gear insignia on her chest, turned her head with a slight smile and said, "No hurry."

"Let the prey fight amongst themselves for a bit."

"These cultists are not easy to deal with; let them wear down the academy's people first."

After speaking, the woman knelt on one knee in a praying posture, murmuring, "Only the Mechanical Atom God is the one True God!"

"All heresy must be judged!"

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