Cyber Heroes

The sound of the table collapsing startled the little girl. Her eyes crinkled and tears rolled down her face.

But Yuki couldn't care less about the little girl now. He exclaimed: "Master, how did you do it?"

"I didn't do it, it was the sword that did it." Xiang Shan shook his head, bent down, and observed the incision. The cut at the very beginning—near the point of contact with the blade—was as smooth as a mirror, as if it had been cast directly.

But the slash marks became rougher as they extended. The end of this trace was close to the torn wound.

The result of just a slight knock.

Xiang Shan knew that the sword was more powerful than that.

The direction in which this slash mark extends is consistent with the direction pointed by the sword's edge.

But when he lightly knocked against the table with his long sword, he deliberately misaligned the direction of the force with the direction of the sword's edge.

If it was a really hard slash, this would cause the blade to curl.

The direction in which the sword marks extended was not the direction in which he exerted his strength.

It's just the direction of the sword's edge.

In other words, this mark has nothing to do with him, it is purely the effect of the sword itself.

"phonon knife." Xiang Shan nodded.

Phonons, quanta of sound waves.

Judging from the extension of the "particle-wave duality" of light, a "wave" can exhibit particle properties under specific conditions. "Phonons" are the quantized forms of sound waves and mechanical waves under specific conditions.

Phonons are collective excitations of the vibrations of atoms (or molecules) in condensed matter, and are often used to describe lattice vibrations as a quasi-particle. It can only exist in crystals. Moreover, phonons are not conserved and decay spontaneously, so they are also called "quasi-particles".

In short, phonons can be seen as quantized manifestations of the collective motion of extremely strongly interacting atoms within a crystal.

The phonon knife uses a sword-shaped generator to concentrate the vibrations to the extreme and create phonons. When the phonons pass by, the powerful energy will disrupt the alloy's lattice structure.

This is equivalent to an upgraded version of "high-frequency shock wave disintegrating metal", but the vibration frequency and intensity of the phonon knife are not comparable to the high-frequency oscillation generator of Longconi's prosthetic hand.

Because this oscillation frequency is so high, it is difficult to find a qualified material as the connection between the sword-shaped phonon generator and the sword hilt.

That's why we chose to use "magnetic levitation" to fix the sword blade.

Yuki took a breath: "This is too powerful...Does it mean that the armor will be cut open with just a slight knock?"

Xiang Shan shook his head: "It's not that easy. The limitations of this phonon knife are not small. First of all, you have to know the crystal structure of the alloy used in the opponent's armor. The reason why I was able to cut this table easily just now was purely because I We have a certain understanding of this civilian alloy material. If we don’t know the structure of the crystal, we can’t set the corresponding parameters. Then, the phonon knife is just a stronger high-frequency blade.”

Xiangshan had already pressed into the blind spot behind Gliad, so why did Gliad press him so hard?

It is because he has to determine the structure of the opponent's outer armor by tapping and find the most suitable mechanical wave frequency in order to destroy the enemy's outer armor.

The phonon knife's requirements for this will only be higher.

And if it's dealing with non-crystalline objects, such as glass, asphalt, etc., then the phonon knife is not even as good as an ordinary knife.

"Then, there's another shortcoming of this thing..." Xiang Shan looked at the huge shield with a very depressed expression: "It's really expensive..."

The immediate effect of the phonon knife is inseparable from the excellent microscopic structure of its blade. It can even be said to be spelled out atom by atom.

It is this rigid structure that ensures that the moment the sword blade comes into contact with the metal, the energy accumulated on the sword body by the magnetic levitation device can be converted into phonons in the shortest time to destroy the metal's lattice structure.

The number of times such a sword can be used is actually very limited. It can be said that every time it is activated, the sword body suffers from deterioration.

Not only that, if the sword is hit from the side, it will be damaged.

In the same way, this thing also has incredibly high requirements for "sword tendons". The so-called "sword suji" or "sword suji" means that the "direction of the blade" is consistent with the "direction of the arm's force". If the "sword tendon" is not straight, the blade may curl easily, or the target may not be able to be split. The Phonon Knife's requirements for the "knife tendon" have basically exceeded the accuracy limit of the natural human body.

In addition, if the target is not hit within 200 seconds after switching to the "high-frequency vibration mode", the energy accumulated inside the sword will accelerate the deterioration of the sword.

All of the above, simply put, is...

This extremely expensive blade is essentially a consumable.

"The reason why the sword body should be made into a magnetic levitation fixation is that in addition to the fact that the fixing material is difficult to find, the more important point is that it is easy to replace." Xiang Shan looked at the shield and said, "Do you know why this shield is so big? ...Because there are replacement sword blades inside."

Youki was stunned: "Doesn't this mean that this thing is very...useless?"

"If the intelligence work is done well, this thing can even tear through the outer armor of the battleship." Xiang Shan shook his head: "Compared with this power, these flaws can be ignored."

but……

——You can be sure that this is the weapon used by the government's hawks and dogs. That's it in terms of design ideas.

——The weapons used by knights generally do not have such expensive replaceable sword blades.

——If the government is still as virtuous as before, and the resources available to individuals are determined by level... the cost of this sword will be higher than the prosthetic bodies of the Welfare Officer's numerous soldiers.

——This kind of material can be obtained from the government and used to reward gangsters of Griad's level. What kind of thing is this earthworm?

Yuki felt it was a pity: "Since you can't use it, Master, isn't it a waste?"

Xiang Shan shook his head: "That's not necessarily the case. If my prosthetic body can get higher-power legs and feet, and then use counterweights to move the center of gravity of the prosthetic body downward, then I can still use this shield. Although there is a load-bearing , but the shield can also slightly improve the aerodynamic appearance. With tactical coordination, it can have a decisive effect."

Youki nodded: "But it's still not useful now..."

"There really isn't room for this thing inside the Donkey, but we can make a trailer and put it in the back."

Xiang Shan thought for a moment, moved the thing out, then rebuilt a low trailer and placed the shield on it. This trailer is simpler than a donkey, with only trip statistics and automatic steering functions. Now Xiangshan just wants it to go to the "donkey" side, but he doesn't expect it to automatically avoid the enemy like the "donkey". He just wants it to go to the donkey side first.

After sending away the treasured weapon, Xiang Shan once again read the secret books of the Demon Cult.

In the meantime, he also provided Yuki with some basic knowledge of mathematics and engineering.

After a few hours, Xiang Shan roughly understood the Demon Cult's thinking.

It was pretty much the same as he had guessed. Since the human brain still has structural advantages that computers cannot match, the Demonic Cult focuses on exploring how this mathematical advantage is formed and produced, and how to use brain modification to further expand this advantage.

Among them, Griad represents a direction.

As we all know, humans and other mammals basically rely on the neocortex for thinking.

Sauromorpha-Birds do not have a neocortex, but the striatum of birds, which has evolved since the age of dinosaurs, also has some functions similar to the neocortex. Highly intelligent birds such as crows are as intelligent as primates.

At the same time, the ganglia of Cephalopods/Octopods also have considerable potential. The IQ of octopuses is also outstanding.

The demon sect that came into contact with Griad, the "Envoys under Zhen Shui Earthworm", was responsible for the "Cephalopod Ganglion" project.

That is, by creating a structure similar to the corpus callosum, a cephalopod ganglion network with independent thinking ability is connected to the human brain, making it a part of the human "whole brain".

Of course, how the "cephalopod body" that can be connected to the human brain without causing any rejection reaction was cultivated, Griad and his team do not know. What they obtained was the "organ disc" of the cephalopod limb - a structure similar to the "imaginal disc" in the larvae of completely metamorphosed insects, which can be regarded as the "seed" and "embryo" of the "organ".

Griliad simply received reconstructive surgery.

According to Zhen Waterworm's plan, Griad will have to undergo a lot of thinking training, run certain internal skills used to test the performance of biological brains, and so on.

If they hadn't met Xiang Shan.

Xiang Shan breathed a sigh of relief. There are indeed various techniques for brain surgery, and they are not a "just enough" standard.

The Demon Cult is indeed very serious about exploring the boundaries of human brainpower.

"The girl's illness is finally cured." Xiang Shan breathed a sigh of relief.

I just don’t know if I’ll have enough time.

He can only stay here for two more days at most. Two days may not be enough for him to absorb this knowledge and design a feasible surgical plan.

Xiangshan turned his attention to the last item sent by the Demon Cult.

It is said that this is the so-called memory of "reopening the world and becoming a world of its own". The little poisonous insect did not load these memories into his hard drive, so Xiangshan didn't know what was recorded in it. But the little poisonous insect is very enthusiastic about this memory.

There does seem to be something inside that will have an impact on memory. After comparing the memories of Griad and Little Poisonous Insect, he found that after Little Poisonous Insect obtained the contents of the hard drive, his whole person changed, and he became more and more obsessed with studying the technology of the Demon Cult.

Xiangshan couldn't help but be careless.

However, you still have to watch.