Chapter 23 Peak Brain

Chapter 23 Peak Brain

Chapter 23 Peak Brain
"No. 97, what can I exchange for?"

Gao Xin immediately saw a huge list with various categories and searches.

Enhancements, modifications, weapons, materials, medicines, knowledge... the list is endless.

He took a quick look at the modification and ruled it out.

Transformation is to transform the body into a cyborg. Although it is also very strong, even the lower limit is much stronger than the radiator.

But what can he do with these 3,000 points? The Japanese would probably be able to see the artificial body immediately, and that would be bad.

If they knew that he had so many indulgences to reform himself, they would definitely kill him.

As for weapons, the same goes for them; they are too easy to be discovered.

So all he could consider were medicine, enhancement and knowledge.

But knowledge is too expensive, because it is directly implanted in the brain and imprinted in memory. In addition, there is only the human technology system, not AI, which humans cannot understand at all, and even if it is imprinted, it will be crazy.

At this point, Gao Xin chose the enhancement category without hesitation, and the first thing that caught his eye was hundreds of genetic modules.

"【Organ Overclocking】1000 points, internally burn your own fat and muscle, squeeze your organs to gain a full burst of physical fitness. Minimum requirement is N category."

"[Chimera Gene] 3000 points. Capture and chimera the genome of an organism of the same type as your own. The minimum requirement is N types."

"[Oscillation Sensing] 4500 points. It can sense the target's position, momentum and other related data simply by using the vibration waves in the environment. Minimum requirement is N class."

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"【Vitality Fat】2.3 points, has the ability to regenerate quickly, using its own fat to provide self-healing for others. Minimum requirement is R category."

"Complete Metamorphosis: 2.5 points. Able to transform into a pupa and reassemble the body, possessing any insect organ that has been analyzed. Minimum requirement: R category."

"【Incitement Hormone】5.8 points, emits extremely incitement hormones, influencing others to blindly follow emotions. Minimum requirement is R category."

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"【Near-Death Compensation】13 points. Each time you recover from a near-death experience, your unit will become significantly stronger. Minimum requirement is SR class."

"【Critical Adaptation】27 points. The closer to the limit, the greater the improvement in adaptability. The highest level is direct genetic recombination. The minimum requirement is SR class."

"[Bioelectricity] 40 points. Can quickly convert biomass into electricity and modulate it at will. Minimum requirement is SR class."

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"【Super Speed ​​Regeneration】100 million. Possesses super-fast self-repair capabilities. Will not die as long as the brain is still alive. Minimum requirement is SSR."

"【Core Fusion】550 million, cold nuclear fusion organ group is generated in the body to supply all its energy needs. Minimum requirement SSR type."

"【Anti-gravity field】600 million, offsets the gravity on an object, or reverses the direction of gravity on itself. Minimum requirement is SSR class."

Gao Xin was dazzled by all these things.

Among them, he also saw the [Bloodthirsty Regeneration], [Blood and Flesh Assimilation] and the like mentioned by the bearded man, which were the more expensive ones in the N category.

No wonder Silverhand is so eager for indulgence, he needs these gene modules to help him become stronger.

It's amazing. There are things like core fusion and anti-gravity field that can be enhanced on the human body?
However, Gao Xin felt extremely uncomfortable watching this, because these enhancements all had minimum requirements, and without exception they all had to be radiators!
"Tsk, if it's not a radiator, what will happen if it is exchanged?" Gao Xin asked.

No. 97 answered: "Death."

Boy, that’s pretty direct.

Gao Xin shook his head and asked, "Then how many indulgences will the gene protector cost?"

He was too lazy to look through them one by one and just asked directly.

No. 97 immediately presented the relevant products and said, "Ten thousand points."

"This..." Gao Xin looked grim.

Not only him, Suler and others are also inquiring about the exchange, and gene protectors are the only option to fight against gene collapse.

Ten thousand points? That's too expensive.

Gao Xin's face was sad. Even if he counted the 30 points he picked up from touching corpses, he only had 3316 points. Even if he was so lucky in every game, he would still have to save up enough indulgences for three games.

But could he save it? He had to use up the indulgences here, otherwise, no matter how good his words were, the Japanese would force him to reveal the balance and search him.

"No. 97, can I continue to participate in the game?" Gao Xin asked.

Everyone was shocked, and they were matched seamlessly to the next game? Do you really need to fight like this?

No. 97 said: "You are not an NPC. You must return to the player lobby to continue matching."

"Tsk..." Gao Xin's face sank: "Then can we continue to stay here?"

No. 97 said: "After the game is settled, players will be allowed to stay for three hours, after which the venue will be forced to clean up."

Gao Xin nodded, and raised the mechanical battle axe, along with a small piece of jewelry he had searched from the corpse.

“Can the items be recycled?”

No. 97 said calmly, "We don't recycle garbage."

"Damn..." Gao Xin was speechless.

He stroked the mechanical battle axe and said, "Is this thing also rubbish? Isn't it worth 1000 points?"

Gao Xin immediately looked for this item and found it among the weapons. It was indeed worth 1000 points. It was made of nanomaterials and was strong and sharp. It could also be charged with electricity, solar energy and even bioenergy.

Anyway, this thing will be taken away by the Japanese if he takes it out, so he might as well sell it.

But No. 97 just doesn’t recycle. Apparently this place only exchanges, not purchases.

If you no longer need the exchanged items, you can sell them to others, and trade them at a discount between people.

Come to think of it, what is the official productivity? There is almost nothing that cannot be mass-produced, and recycling these things is meaningless to the official.

"You said you don't recycle garbage, then what do you recycle?" Gao Xin asked.

No. 97 said: "Gene module."

Hearing this, Gao Xin suddenly realized that those enhancements were evolved by the people of Sin Prison Island themselves?
After AI acquires it, can it then be generated in batches and then strengthened to other radiators?
“So there are things that AI can’t create? Well, it doesn’t have a human body.”

Gao Xin thought to himself, the lawlessness of the Prison Island, could it be that it was also to allow the radiators there to evolve? To provide material for the Burning Emperor?
At this time, Meimei said: "Gene protection agent is sold outside for one million coins, so the exchange rate between indulgence and official currency is 1:100?"

Liu Xu said, "That's about right. One indulgence is enough for an average person to eat for a day, and it's enough to fill them up."

"As for the gene protector, if you exchange it with the official, it will of course be expensive. However, there is a kind of black medicine circulating on the island. It is a pirated version made by a certain force imitating the gene protector. It only sells for one thousand points. It can also allow people to reassemble after their genes collapse and then become radiators."

Gao Xin's eyes lit up: "Only one thousand points?"

Su Le was stunned: "Then... who would buy the official one? Wouldn't that make them the fools?"

Meimei was surprised and said, "The gene protector was invented by AI. It is said that the production process is extremely complicated, and some of the things in it are simply incomprehensible to humans. How could someone imitate it?"

Liu Xu nodded affirmatively: "Yes, but the mortality rate is very high. It is said that the success rate is only one in ten..."

"So it can kill you?" Suler exclaimed, "The official protective agent has a 100% success rate!"

"The success rate is only one in ten? The price is also one in ten... Hey, isn't it just diluted?"

Meimei pondered and said, "Even if it is just diluted from the genuine product, this ability is very strong."

Everyone nodded. This was not something that could be diluted as desired. If it was not a complete dose, the gene-destroyer would still die after the injection, which would be a waste.

The counterfeiter should be a powerful cyber wizard. He thoroughly studied the part that humans can understand, produced it himself, and then directly took out the incomprehensible part and divided it into several parts to complete the dilution.

It can still be effective after being diluted, which requires quite a lot of technical skills. There are so many talented people on the island.

Gao Xin frowned. "But what's the use? I bought ten doses of black medicine and spent ten thousand points, but in the end only one person became a radiator."

"The cost is the same, the gain is the same, and nine people died in vain..."

Liu Xu said: "But there are still many people who are eager to get such an opportunity and gamble their lives on it."

"The Yakuza would regularly select people from the slaves, send them to the radiation room, and then distribute this black drug, forcing them to gamble their lives."

"You know, the probability is one in ten, but it doesn't necessarily mean that only one out of ten people will survive. It's possible that if you're lucky, several people will survive."

"Of course, it's possible that no one will survive."

"Anyway, the one who died was the glass man. For the Yakuza, if one survives, it's no loss, and if two survive, it's a huge gain. There are still many people scrambling for this opportunity!"

Everyone felt disappointed, the glass man was suffering so much on the island.

This may be the only chance to turn things around, so even if there is only a one in ten chance of survival, you have to take a gamble. If you fail, you will just die.

Gao Xin asked again: "What will happen to us newcomers after we get out?"

Liu Xu sighed, "Of course they will be sent to various teams. Except for women and handsome men, most newcomers will be screened in the redemption game first."

"Those who survive will be examined for their specialties and physical qualities, and then assigned to various slave groups."

"For example, the Prey Group, the Peonies Group, the Servant Group, the Redemption Group, and the Thug Group."

"The thugs are the best. On this island, you can regard the thugs of various forces as civilians."

Gao Xin raised his eyebrows: "Civilians? Thugs are civilians?"

Liu Xu nodded: "Don't even think about the glass man. The radiators are selected from the newcomers to join the thugs. They have a lower status than the powerful black hands, but they are much better than slaves."

"They are responsible for supervising slaves, standing guard, or doing other tasks, or they have no work and are just training."

"During their rest periods, the thugs can move freely and participate in the redemption game on their own. They can keep the redemption they receive."

"It's just that you have to hand in 100 points every month."

Everyone nodded slightly, there was rest time, freedom of movement, and private property.

Becoming a thug is indeed equivalent to becoming a commoner in this village.

Before, Sasaki asked all the radiators to stand out and take them away. He didn't play the redemption game with them. Obviously, he picked that group of people to be trained as thugs. If they can be trained strong enough, they can join the Black Hand Group.

There is no doubt that the Black Hand Group is the core force of each force, and people like Sasaki and Tashe are the black hands of the Yakuza.

Gao Xin stared at Liu Xu and asked, "What about the Redemption Group? You weren't a member of the Redemption Group at first, were you?"

Liu Xu shook her head: "Of course I'm not. I only came here a month earlier than you. I was selected into the entertainment group at the beginning and had a sex change operation."

"But unfortunately, my surgery was not very successful and my lower body was made very ugly, so I was rejected by the entertainment group and sent to the Redemption Group..."

Meimei looked strange: "Unlucky? I think you are really lucky, but why is transferring to the Redemption Corps called exile?"

Liu Xu said bitterly, "How can I be lucky? In the entertainment group, I have food and drink, my own room, and I only receive some training every day. After that, the worst case scenario is that I have to work in the corridor or the bathhouse. Isn't it much more comfortable than being a hard laborer?"

"I was very resistant at first, but gradually I got used to it and felt that being a woman was pretty good."

"As for the Redemption Corps, haha, it's actually worse for a glass man to go there than to be a hard laborer."

"After all, in the Atonement game, glass men die too easily. So people die almost every day in the Atonement Group, and every month, we have to pick a group of talented new members to fill in."

Suler asked curiously, "What kind of place is the Atonement Group?"

Liu Xu sighed, "That's the corps of the organization that's specifically responsible for participating in the game and getting indulgences."

"There are both strong and weak ones among them. There are about 3,000 glass men, divided into 30 teams."

"Each team has performance targets, and the amount of indulgences submitted each month must not be less than 10,000."

Everyone exclaimed, what the hell, ten thousand?
Even if a team has a hundred people, on average each person should earn 100 points per month.

Although it is a low-level game, theoretically the glass man can get 100 points, but that is only theoretically.

In reality, it is almost impossible. It is difficult to survive. Even if you survive, you probably have to pay for your life.

The glass man participates in the game like a toy, and the radiator is the real player.

"What happens if the contribution is not enough?" Gao Xin asked.

Liu Xu's face turned pale as he said, "First, the captain has to die, and then some of the people with the worst performance will be picked out to offset the debt. Each person will offset 100 points, and as many people as there are indicators missing will be used to offset the debt."

"And the so-called settlement is to send it to the hunting group, which is the worst place."

Everyone was puzzled: "Prey Group? What do they do? Can they be worse than the Redemption Group?"

Liu Xu said faintly: "As the name suggests, it means to be prey...to be food for the radiation beasts."

As food!
Everyone's expression froze, horrified but not surprised. They had seen too much cruelty from the Japanese today, so sending them as food was considered a "waste utilization".

Liu Xu sighed, "So, after you get out, it would be best if you were assigned to a hard labor group..."

After hearing this, everyone was silent.

It turns out that joining an entertainment group is the best option. At worst, you have to do hard labor. At least these two can survive.

Meimei gave a bitter smile. She had gone through so much trouble to stay, but the result was a worse choice?

"I would rather be in the Atonement Group than join any entertainment group." Meimei said quickly with a firm look in her eyes.

Liu Xu curled her lips and said, "You can't just join the Redemption Corps if you want to. You either have to be talented or have a stronger physique than other glass men."

Gao Xin continued to ask Liu Xu: "You said that people were selected from the slaves to gamble their lives with black drugs. Which group do you usually select them from?"

"The Penance Group." Liu Xu confirmed, "It is a reward for those who pay more than one thousand indulgences."

Everyone was speechless. Wow, it turns out it wasn't given for free.

Their performance in the Redemption Corps must be over a thousand. Doesn't that mean they are using the indulgences they have worked so hard to earn in exchange for black drugs, and then using them on them?
Everyone was cursing and at the same time feeling hopeless about their future.

Only Gao Xin hesitated. He now had more than three thousand, but it was not enough to exchange for the gene protector.

And since he's not even a radiator, don't even think about any other enhancements.

But now, there is an opportunity to gamble his life with black medicine by paying more than one thousand. What should he do?
But that's only a one in ten survival rate.

Gao Xin said in a low voice: "Anything else? If the performance is higher, what other benefits will there be?"

Liu Xu shook her head: "There are so many that I don't know. I was studying in the entertainment group before, and I joined the redemption group in the past few days. I was assigned to Brother Qiao's team."

"Don't listen to what the bald guy said before. Brother Qiao is actually a very good person. He takes good care of newcomers. He also rose from the bottom to become the sales champion before becoming the captain."

"He saw that I had become a woman and was afraid that I would be bullied in the dormitory, so he let me sleep in his room. As the captain, he had a separate room."

Gao Xin thought, no matter how much he paid, he could only be a small captain in the Redemption Corps at most.

Come to think of it, he's just a glass man, what else does he want?
Either you allocate black medicine and gamble your life, or no matter how talented you are, you have to become a radiator first.

"No, I can't hand it over. I fought so hard to get the indulgence, but it's not only a bargain for the Japanese, but it also only gives me a 90% chance of death. Isn't it ridiculous to die like this?"

"Number 97, just list for me all the things that can enhance ordinary people."

Gao Xin looked carefully at all the listed exchanges.

It's better to strengthen it a little bit first. It's impossible that among all the strange inventions of the Burning Emperor, none of them can be used by the Glass Man, right?

As expected, a large number of ordinary enhancements were displayed.

It is indeed possible to strengthen the glass man, some of which are temporary and some of which are permanent.

Reaction speed, muscle strength, immune antibodies, organ function, cell activity, brain intelligence...all can be enhanced.

Three thousand points were barely enough to bring one of the items to its peak.

But judging by the results, no matter how much he spends, it is impossible to exceed the limits of the human body.

For example, the fastest reaction is only 0.1 seconds.

For example, strength is at most three times of one's own body weight.

This is the glass man.

Every species has its own limits. Becoming a radiator is essentially changing the race. The limits are greatly expanded and there is more potential to be developed.

"I have more than 3,000 points. Even if I use them all to increase my strength or physique, Sasaki can still kill me with one blow... There is no need to increase my combat power at all."

"So... it's all intelligence?"

After Gao Xin carefully read the detailed instructions for various brain enhancements, he made up his mind and chose it directly.

"No. 97, start comprehensive MRI enhancement of the brain... All indulgences, comprehensively deepen the functions of the frontal lobe, temporal lobe, parietal lobe, occipital lobe, and spinal cord."

Suddenly a white mist descended, and all the people around were driven away. They could only look at the hazy white mist that completely enveloped Gao Xin.

No one knew what was happening inside. Only Gao Xin could see that he seemed to be in a completely white cylinder with darkness above him.

"Glass man, strengthen!"

In just a moment, Gao Xin's head seemed to be hit hard, making a buzzing sound.

Then I felt dizzy and numb, and my brain was stimulated from the inside out.

Every inch of his body felt as if it were being pricked by countless tiny needles, and soon he was sweating all over.

He felt very uncomfortable, as if his head was anchored in the air, unable to move, and he also had a dizzy feeling as if his body was shaking wildly.

Fortunately, it didn't last long and all the feelings subsided.

Seeing the white mist dissipate, everyone gathered around and asked, "Brother, how are you?"

Gao Xin opened his eyes, bright as the morning stars.

"I'm very good."

His voice was very attractive. When Liu Xu and others looked at him, they felt as if there was an electric flash. Although his appearance had not changed, his whole temperament was different.

No one knows what he has strengthened, could it be that his charm has been strengthened?

At this moment, Gao Xin felt better than ever.

The ears and eyes are clear, the mind is clear, and even the breathing and heart rate become unusually calm and coordinated.

He underwent comprehensive brain enhancement, and his thinking, mental, auditory, visual, and physical functions all reached the peak of mortals.

Strengthening the brain's intelligence is essentially enhancing the functions of the brain.

Emotion, logic, calculation, memory, language, imagination, intuition, vision, perception, and even subconscious organ coordination, muscle harmony, hormone transmitters, nerve strength, body balance, and thinking inspiration have all been greatly improved.

Although I don’t have a strong body, I feel extremely comfortable, peaceful and clear-headed both physically and mentally.

From the beating of the heart, to the frequency of breathing, from the flow of blood to the vibration of organs, every second is extremely comfortable.

He had never felt himself and experienced his body so clearly.

Strengthening the parietal lobe will enhance "body perception recognition" and "operational understanding".

Coupled with the strengthening of the occipital lobe, it brings about "visual recognition" and "observational understanding".

Now you can basically learn any process operation at a glance and become familiar with it as soon as you start.

At this moment he felt like the legendary genius, his mind was working very fast.

Many fragmented and dim memories are gradually restored and reorganized.

Many things and phenomena that he had been unable to understand before were now being analyzed one by one, which made him feel a great pleasure.

"Ah, these memories are my most primitive cognition..."

In his own brain, he recalled a chaotic, long-buried, bizarre memory.

That was my childhood, and it was also the period in my life when my emotions were most direct and my imagination was the richest.

When I was a child, I had many sudden ideas that were incomprehensible to others.

That's because his father didn't teach him any common sense other than the true feelings and ethics of the world, and just let him think for himself.

However, he was too stupid and too lonely.

After his father died, he was sent to a community school. He was completely unable to understand the mentality and cognition of ordinary people. He had to put in a lot of effort to make himself act like a normal person.

But he is just 'like' a normal person. For him, this is a very important skill and knowledge.

His true subconscious cognition is inhuman from a human perspective and is uncontaminated by human experience.

He has his own worldview, as well as his own definition and understanding of the various strange phenomena around him, which at one point he has to form a kind of dark logic that makes sense.

But after all, Gao Xin is just an ordinary person. The human brain has its limits. How can he possibly understand all the possibilities of antelope hanging horns and wild imagination?
It was not until this moment that he strengthened his brain and was finally able to rapidly piece together and arrange the countless phenomena that his original self could not understand or explain.

It was like a series of scrambled puzzle pieces that were being put together with his powerful brain power, continuing the unfinished "heart of dark logic" in his childhood.

This was his father's expectation and also his obsession in childhood. His brain was too dull at that time, and many of the knowledge points he summarized were fragmented and scattered.

He hopes that his strengthened self can explain all the questions about the world that his childhood self had.

However, this world is like a huge chaotic mystery. Who can really figure it out? I'm afraid even Ran can't.

Even with his strengthened brain, Gao Xin still got stuck quickly this time.

There were many mysteries in his heart during his childhood, but the biggest mystery was undoubtedly "Who am I?", "Where do I come from?", "Where am I going?"...

At this moment Gao Xin vaguely felt that he was about to figure it out, but he was just a little bit away, just a little bit!

There is a thin layer of mist and haze there that can never be broken.

Forget it, don’t think about it. From a normal person’s perspective, what good does it matter if I get the answer to this question?

He should just try to be a normal person. He had finally caught up with everyone else and reached the 'ordinary human realm'.

"Brother Xin, what did you strengthen?" Su Le asked curiously, interrupting Gao Xin's thoughts.

Gao Xin smiled and said, "Now that I have some brains, I am finally not the dumbest one anymore."

His tone sounded like a relief that a sense of grievance had finally been resolved, and like a feeling of being moved that a youthful dream had finally come true.

Everyone was speechless. Why did he always feel so stupid?

Meimei murmured, "Did he strengthen his brain? Yes, even if he strengthened his combat power, he would never catch up with those people this time. It would be better to strengthen his brain. This would be of great benefit to him the next time he participates in the game."

Liu Xu asked, "Brother, how much do you have left?"

Gao Xin blurted out: "Thirty."

As he spoke, he took out the thirty indulgences he had searched from the short man. These were all he had left, and he spent the rest.

"Huh?" Everyone looked at the three nano-silks in surprise, only to see them standing upright on Gao Xin's fingertips.

The thin indulgence seemed to be stuck in his hand at this moment. It shook slightly but did not fall down.

Then Gao Xin played with the three indulgences. His five fingers easily turned them over and over, as if he was playing with three tough pieces of iron.

Even if it is a piece of iron, it is extremely difficult to play with it so skillfully.

But Gao Xin did it easily without even looking at it. Meimei couldn't help but think of four words: clever and deft.

Only Su Le scratched his head and complained: "No, brother, you just want to improve your acrobatics?"

"All human abilities require the brain, which is the source of mastering all skills and abilities." Gao Xin said, without explaining much, just charging three indulgences.

He continued to browse the redemption list, listing all the things that could be exchanged for 30 indulgence points.

This is to spend the last thirty.

Thirty points couldn't buy him anything to increase his strength. He wanted to buy some medicine, but unfortunately even the cheapest treatment product cost fifty points.

What are listed now are all poisons or biochemical agents with strange effects.

Some medicine that lowers the heart rate and metabolism, making the whole person as slow as a koala, or some hormone injection that prompts the body to gain weight.

Gao Xin even saw psychiatric drugs that made people only have sweet dreams or nightmares.

"Ok?"

He browsed quickly, reading very fast. Now he can easily read ten lines at a glance and memorize them instantly.

He suddenly took a fancy to a kind of medicine among the psychotropic drugs and stared at the strange description in it.

"Heart Transformation No. 1? Is this an experimental drug?"

"The effect is to transfer consciousness to the right brain for three hours, greatly enhancing emotions, intuition, inspiration and subconsciousness? But the side effect is to reduce calculation, logic and language ability?"

Gao Xin didn't expect that among the medicines that could be bought with 30 points of indulgence, there would be something that could greatly enhance inspiration and intuition.

I just don't know what it means to transfer consciousness to the right brain, but after all, this is also a brain-enhancing drug. Although it only lasts for three hours, AI will not easily use an evaluation like "great improvement".

"By reducing some of my calculation, logic, and language abilities, I can enhance my inspiration and intuition. This effect is very suitable for me."

"My entire brain has been enhanced to the peak of normal people's functions in all aspects. It doesn't matter if some aspects temporarily decline. I can use them when I particularly need intuition and inspiration. It only costs thirty points, which is worth it."

After thinking about it, Gao Xin decided to exchange it.

Suddenly, a toothpick-like needle fell into his palm from above.

This is a nano injection, which can be absorbed by the body by itself once it is inserted into the body.

At this point, all 3316 indulgence points have been spent.

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ps: Sorry.

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