Forty Millenniums of Cultivation

Light spots.

Colorful light spots.

Colorful, colorful, and extremely brilliant spots of light were moving randomly and endlessly, dragging thin, long lines of light that interweaved into complicated clusters of brightness and unpredictable swirls of light. In the end, all the lights congregated into an ever-changing, vigorous ocean of light.

It was the new world that Li Yao sensed in the form of ‘star spirits’, or rather, ‘information lifeforms.

In the ‘body form’, the world that could be seen with the naked eye was a human being, a pathway was a pathway, a crystal processor was a crystal processor, and the invisible network was something that could not be seen at all.

However, in the form of an ‘information creature’, the body temperature, the frequency of breathing and pulse, the ripples spreading out of the brainwaves, the rise and fall of his chest, and the sound of his abdominal movement… were all combinations of information.

In the same way, a piece of seemingly cold magical equipment turned into the amalgamation of its hardness, materials, radiation, and other information. When Li Yao ‘saw it, he immediately received tremendous information about it.

The illusionary, unpredictable network, on the other hand, turned into glamorous, brilliant threads of light that were jumping agilely like the best dancers in the universe.

Li Yao had been adapting to the new world for several days and had a deep understanding of how to open it.

He could ‘see’ that the brains of human beings were blossoming like delicate flowers, that their vitality was blinking like fireworks, and that the crystal processor next to it was unfolding in a completely different yet equally marvelous way. The ‘flower stamen’ in the middle was shivering softly, as if it

were calling out to him affectionately to attract his intrusion.

From this perspective, the human brain and the crystal processor were no different.

In the meantime, in the seemingly peaceful ocean of light, dangerous spots, light spots, and lines were hidden, too. Some of them looked like venomous jellyfish and octopuses, while some others looked like wandering, savaging sharks that were searching for anomalies vigilantly.

They were the traps, baits, barriers, and guards that the ‘Fuxi System’ had deployed in the Spiritual Nexus.

Li Yao did not want to be bothered by them.

Thankfully, after he was transformed into a brand-new life form, the memory gate from Earth seemed to have opened a wider gap. All kinds of brand-new ‘weapons’ surged out from the depths of his soul, giving him a deeper understanding about the nature of life. He could change his form in the

Spiritual Nexus at his will and cover his soul with regular data, pretending that it was just an ordinary document.

The strategical final battle of the main fleet of the Sanctuary Alliance attacking the core world of the Star Ocean Imperium was about to begin. Countless data were being transmitted between the main warships of the Sanctuary Alliance and the enormous star fortresses every second. Every detail of the

strategical final battle had consumed 99% of the computational ability of the five Great Masters and the Fuxi System. At such a critical moment, they had no time to bother about Li Yao, the tiny ‘virus’.

Therefore, it only took Li Yao one day to break through all the defenses, hack the internal network of the Heresy Interrogation Bureau and the Cleaners, and gain a lot of high permissions.

Shua! Shua! Shua! Shua!

The picture of several members of the yaksha squad who were seriously wounded in the explosion of ‘Light Pursuit’ lying in the med bay for repair appeared in Li Yao’s vision.

It was especially so for ‘Major’ Chu Zhixiao. She was closest to the point of explosion and had suffered the most injuries. Although she had been blocked by the spider tanks and the crystal suits, she was still deeply burnt and had lost a lot of skin and muscle tissue. She was soaking in the nutrition liquids

and accelerating the division and reproduction of her cells with the nanometer super-mini biochemical tinkers so that her wounds could heal faster.

Li Yao knew that such a treatment was the most cutting-edge biochemical technology. It almost had the effect of reviving the dead. The only side effect was the pain. The feeling of cells exploding from the depths of one’s soul was not something that any top expert could resist.

But not only was Chu Zhixiao able to bear it, she did not even blink. The wounds on her face had not fully recovered yet, and she was already studying the files of the puppet king eagerly. What a crazy woman!

Li Yao frowned at the picture.

The thicker, tougher, and more stubborn the enemy’s nerves were, the more difficult it was for him to invade and persuade them.

But it was within his expectations.

He was qualified to be the captain of one of the strongest assault squads of the Star Glory Federation. There was no way that the ‘Major’ was a weak-willed, crying man.

Right now, Li Yao was only concerned about one thing.

Could Chu Zhixiao’s spider tank be repaired?

The mental devil had collected a lot of information and learned that Chu Zhixiao loved the specially-painted spider tank very much and would carry it with him almost every time he was engaged in a battle. No matter how serious the damage was, he had demanded that the vehicle be maintained instead

of anew one.

Of course, such an experimental model of the spider tank had been modified according to the characteristics of the owner. Even the design of the interface of the human beings and the machines was to the liking of the owner. It was indeed difficult to adapt to a new one.

Many people, including Li Yao, were like this. If they were to use a piece of magical equipment that was convenient to use, even if its performance was a bit weak, it would win in terms of familiarity and reliability. They would not be willing to replace it easily. For example, Li Yao had used Neltharion for

more than a hundred years, let alone Black Wing.

However, this time, the damage to the Spider Tank was very serious. The mainframe crystal processor and the core memory chip were both heavily damaged and riddled with holes. Even if they were repaired carefully, part of the files would still be missing, which would certainly affect the old interface.

But for Li Yao, it couldn’t be better.

The mainframe crystal processor and the core chip had both been damaged. It was a perfect opportunity for him to make a fool of himself!

Li Yao’s soul moved agilely in the network like a loach. He avoided one trap after another and hacked into several monitoring crystal cameras in the special maintenance workshop of the Inquisition.

Through the crystal cameras, one could clearly see that, on a highly-automatic maintenance platform, among the dozens of rapidly-revolving and spinning artificial arms, the crimson spider tank looked brand new.

Right now, the maintenance staff was connecting the thick crystal cables to the data transmission interface on its abdomen, trying to restore all its data 0.1 seconds before the explosion.

The timing was perfect.

Li Yao’s soul rippled with a smile. He turned into a streak of brightness and crawled into the spider tank.

As his soul gradually invaded, he felt that he was floating in the air with a parachute on his back. Finally, his feet were on solid ground.

His soul was heavier and more solid. He sensed his ‘body’ again.

However, the body made of cold machines was different from the body of flesh and blood in the past. There was something extra about it, but there was also something missing.

Naturally, the metal shell was different from the skin of human beings. It could not sense the delicate touch.

However, the connection between the crystal processor and the Spiritual Nexus was much tighter. The soul spread out and invaded and controlled the crystal processors, crystal cameras, and chips nearby as naturally as breathing.

The control rights were seized, the mainframe crystal processor was hacked, the data interface was hijacked, and all the information inside the memory chip was read.

Li Yao felt that his soul had occupied the mainframe crystal processor on the round abdomen of the spider tank. Thousands of telepathic thoughts spread out like a spreading neural network to every sliding wheel at the end of the six limbs.

Control level, 85%, 90%, 99%, 100%!

Imade it!

Hiding inside the spider tank, Li Yao whistled silently.

‘The red indicator lights on the front and the back of the spider tank were blinking. Sweet mechanical noises were echoing from its abdomen, as if it had woken up from a long sleep.

But the mental devil was hesitating.

“What’s wrong?”

Li Yao was still immersed in the excitement of the ‘perfect intrusion’. “The intrusion was very successful. We erased all the traces that we left in the debris of the previous crystal processor and avoided all the traps and obstacles that the Fuxi system set up in the network. Nobody will ever know that we

infiltrated this place without alarming anyone. Is there any problem?”

“There is… a small problem.”

“It was not until I read the data inside the memory chip that I discovered that the ‘human-machine interaction system of the spider tank did not adopt a standard mode but a ‘special mode’ that could be learned and simulated independently. In other words, it seemed to boast a unique personality.

‘The so-called independent learning and simulation of personality was, of course, not the real ‘strong artificial intelligence’ such as Xiao Ming, Wen Wen, or the boxing champion. It was just a fake behavior that was simulated by algorithms.

In the Star Glory Federation, many children’s spiritual puppets had similar settings. They could turn cold machines into seemingly lively pets.

Although such a personality-simulating interactive system was rather weird in the Holy Accord Alliance, which emphasized the obliteration of all personalities and emotions, it was not unusual considering the uniqueness of the ‘Yaksha Squad’.

“Does it matter?”

Li Yao did not think too much of it. “With our extraordinary computational ability right now, we can simulate any personality and behavior pattern we want. They will definitely pass off as real and will not be discovered by Chu Zhixiao.”

“Tknow. That is not the problem. The problem is.

The mental devil was silent for a moment before it replied, “Anyways, you will know after you watch the video..