Chapter 177: Take You To See A 【head】
Professor Meng Xi knocked on the table, signaling Student Xiao Yuan to listen carefully: “【Rat King】 began to infiltrate, explore, and analyze other ‘Pollution Roots’ after 【Mechanics Magic Net】 was thoroughly perfected.”
Once 【Mechanics Magic Net】 was no longer satisfied with only post-exploration of “Classical Physics Universe View.” 【Knowledge School】 actively avoided those strong ‘Pollution Systems (Immortal Path, Holy Light……)’, and began extending its demonic claws toward those small Pollution Roots and newly born Supernatural Systems……
As 【Knowledge School】 continuously captured large and small ‘Pollution Sources and Polluted Monsters,’ using the mental tentacles of 【Magic Net】 to forcefully infuse their own 【Inert Knowledge】.
Those fragile ‘small Pollution Sources’ wailed and chose to submit, spitting out some twisted and eroded but still compliant with the underlying logic of 【Mechanics Magic Net】 brand new 【Polluted Inert Knowledge】.
Thus, 【Knowledge School】 began using powerful gods and demons’ heads from different ‘Pollution Systems’ as 【Servers】, with 【Polluted Inert Knowledge】 as the programming language, to replicate the basic framework of 【Mechanics Magic Net】, creating new 【Pollution Root Magic Nets】.
And the renowned 【Rat King】 was, during this period, a low-level minor Demon God that actively surrendered to 【Knowledge School】.
It brought its 【Rat System Pollution Root】 and offered itself willingly. Willing to dedicate all its power, body, soul…… everything, actively cooperating with the school in various researches, acting as a White Mouse.
Only seeking to join the 【Knowledge School】 family, to gain investment and help from 【Magic Net】, to become powerful, no longer hunted by other Demon Gods, no longer living cautiously and trembling in fear.
It wanted to become a great Demon God! To rule its own fate. For this, it could pay any Price.
“It can only be said that sometimes choice > effort. As a low-level minor god and demon, 【Rat King】’s abilities were all average, but at the most correct time, it proactively came to the door, becoming the first key research experimental subject of 【Knowledge School】.”
Meng Xiyue reminisced about the past and yearned: “At that time, the school’s highest leader had a wild idea. That was to let the increasingly mature 【Root Server】 completely detach from the management scope of 【Mechanics Magic Net】. With ‘Pollution Root’ as the core, create a completely independent 【New Magic Net】 with brand new underlying rules/knowledge code. This 【Magic Net】 no longer followed the rules of 【Mechanics Magic Net】, but was built around the ‘Pollution Root’ as the core.”
“In the end, this Plan succeeded. They thoroughly dissected and decomposed the 【Original Rat King】, separating ‘soul and spirit,’ stripping out the ‘Pollution Root.’ Ultimately, they made 【Rat King】’s head into a 【Root Server】, fused its ‘Pollution System’ with 【Inert Knowledge】, and wove 【Rat Magic Net】 with the soul…… Then, there were the ‘Rat System Biotechnology Products’ entering thousands of households.”
After Meng Xiyue finished speaking, the Articulated Mouse hanging on her Backpack proudly twisted its body and raised its head to emit a sharp short cry.
The Mouse in Yuan Zhu’s shoulder bag also crawled out under his ‘mental Driving’ to respond.
At this moment, Candle focused its mental power on the ‘Mouse’s head part, no longer just simple driving control, but observing from a third-person perspective the entire process of ‘its own Mental Power controlling the whole body through Driving the Rat Head.’
“This Mouse is also a link in 【Magic Net】?”
Meng Xiyue shook her head: “All the ‘Mouse Technology’ in the world, and the 【Rat King】 behind them. Strictly speaking, they are only derived from 【Magic Net】, independent Pollution Roots that achieved Prove the Dao with the power of ‘Knowledge School.’ 【Rat King Fate】 is one of the highest crystallization of 【Magic Net】, with heavy ‘Magic Net’ traces remaining on it, but it does not belong to 【Magic Net】 nor can represent 【Magic Net】. But it can be a gateway to 【Mechanics Magic Net】.”
“Precisely because of the most successful case of 【Rat King】, plus the ‘acquired Origin, absolute open source’ attributes of 【Knowledge School and Mechanics Magic Net】, a large number of ‘Pollution Sources’ proactively came to seek Cooperation. Custom-tailored ‘Magic Net System’ growth packages for ‘themselves.'”
“And our cooperation mode is the same. You secretly sell the interests of the ‘Shadow System Demon God’ behind you, handing over that 【Domain and Shadow Dream Hole】 to me; I then replicate the classic operation of ‘Knowledge School’ on 【Rat King】, turning the ‘Pollution Root’ you provide into a 【Shadow Server】. Create a ‘Shadow Insect System Qi Refining Magic Net,’ and achieve great cause together!”
Facing Meng Xiyue’s invitation to undermine her own side, Yuan Zhu smiled and nodded in agreement: “Good! Then let’s together ruthlessly dig the corner of that ‘Shadow God and Demon’!”
Pink Hair gave a thumbs up: “Right! Dig that sucker to death, we’ll split 50-50!”
Yuan Zhu: “Tell more about 【Rat King】. Do the ‘Rat Heads’ circulating on the market count as Skull Servers?”
Meng Xiyue shook her head: “No. 【Rat King】 has deep ties with 【Magic Net】, so the core component of the ‘Supernatural Mice’ circulating on the market is the head, but after countless rounds of Alienation and simplification, it has long been unrelated to ‘Skull Servers,’ yet retains some functions. That is the ‘Inert Pollution Code’ unique to 【Rat King】, which can record the ‘visual footage’ captured by the eyes in ‘Rat System code’ and store it in the brain.”
Yuan Zhu had Enlightenment: “So the Mice circulating on the market usually have functions like biological surveillance, short-term Memory (data storage), biological hard drive, data exchange, projection playback……! All of this originates from 【Mechanics Magic Net】.”
Meng Xiyue nodded: “However, there is no 【Rat System Magic Net】 between ‘Mouse Products.’ They can only transfer data offline, point-to-point by physical contact. The Rat Head is the most precious, the ‘spinal cord’ inside the body is processed and modified to represent data storage capacity. The Rat Tail’s nervous system is Alienated and modified to transmit data mutually. And our ‘Articulated Mice’ are even DIY magic-modified by 【Mao Mao King】, adding more functional detectors.”
Yuan Zhu nodded, indicating understanding.
He was no longer a clueless small fry newbie now; the Mouse from 【Happy Home】 was also purchased as a top-tier ‘Mouse Base Body’ from 【Rat King】. Then, half the head was modified with 【Clockwork Technology】, granting Pollution detection and surveillance functions. Later, through other Pollutions, limbs were added, granting walkie-talkie communication functions.
Yuan Zhu: “Then what is the Pollution System and core ability of 【Rat King Fate】?”
“【Rat King】 ah, it has now Transformed into the world’s largest 【Rat System Technology supplier】. It has almost abandoned all its authorities and abilities, existing only in the form of 【Root Server】, authorizing all Dealers (Rat System Polluters), allowing 【Rat System Biotechnology Companies】 around the world to borrow its 【Root Power】 to mass-produce ‘Mice’ and flow into the Market.”
Meng Xiyue: “【Rat King】 has, to some extent, lost Self-Awareness and was made by 【Knowledge School】 into a continuously expanding and growing ‘public welfare Root Server.’ It continuously produces ‘Mice,’ maximally removes Pollution Erosion, makes them into ‘Products’ flowing into thousands of households for Mortals to use, benefiting society, promoting Technology progress. At the same time, it nearly monopolizes fields like ‘surveillance, visual devices, transmission media……’. Even if not 【Knowledge School】, other ‘Pollution Systems’ would use ‘Mice’ to store and transmit Information. And this is 【Rat King】’s authority!”
Yuan Zhu: “So 【Rat King】 is dead? Turned into a ‘Plant Person fucktoy’ by your ‘Knowledge School’? For the whole world to use for free?”
“Pretty much, but 【Rat King】 isn’t dead, just became an even greater form of Life, transcending traditional Demon Gods, and continuously growing stronger. Otherwise, how could it qualify to serve as ‘First Fate’?”
Yuan Zhu’s expression was bizarre: “Don’t tell me the other 11 Fates are also in this half-dead state?”
“No! 【Rat King】 was deliberately made this way by 【Knowledge School】, only for expanding influence, benefiting the common people, promoting technological progress, paving the way for 【Mechanics Magic Net】…… But the other 11 Fates each have backers. 【Rat King】 assuming the Fate position is the result of operations and games by 【Knowledge School】 or 【Mechanics Magic Net】. As for the ascension of other Fates, the forces behind have various purposes.”
Yuan Zhu asked curiously: “Then what about 【Second Fate Frog God】? What’s behind it? What’s its purpose?”
Meng Xiyue: “I’m not familiar with 【Frog God】, isn’t that Running’s guardian god? From what I know, 【Frog God】’s backer is 【Frog God】 itself. Unlike 【Rat King】, it’s the behind-the-scenes boss personally coming forward to endorse. At the same time, 【Fate Frog God】 seems to be just an avatar of 【Power Origin (Primeval Frog God)】. Um…… Also happens to be a mindless Plant Person.”
At this time, the two were full from the meal, and under Meng Xiyue’s strong Recommendation, Yuan Zhu followed her into a Laboratory Building under 【Taixi University】 belonging to 【Knowledge School】.
Unlike 【Rain Courtyard】, which has a huge area built as a large park, botanical garden, Zoo, with sporadic Buildings (Teaching Buildings) dotted among them.
【Taixi University】 has no pavilions, towers, or retro architecture; instead, it’s a prosperous cluster of Buildings. Relying on that hexagonal 【Structure】, surrounded by large and small high-rise buildings, more like a Commercial District.
Every Academy owns multiple Laboratory Buildings, Teaching Buildings, dormitories of varying heights, even commercially open skyscrapers.
Meng Xiyue was now bringing Yuan Zhu into a ‘business skyscraper’ belonging to 【Knowledge School】. Floors 1-6 are 【Test Areas】 prepared for students, 7-13 are publicly open 【Experimental Product Exhibition Areas】, and 14 and above are commercially leased and sold office areas.
Yuan Zhu: “Commercial offices?”
Meng Xiyue nodded: “Yes, don’t forget what the founding Foundation of our 【Knowledge School】 is? Naturally 【Magic Net】! From floor 14 up, the entire building has built-in 【Business Local Magic Net】, every workstation installed with students’ daily ‘experimental works (Skull Servers),’ waste utilization, leased to ordinary people to help them work efficiently.”
Yuan Zhu instantly understood. Floors 1-6, school-run Factory. Floors 7-13, product showroom. Floor 14+, sold externally, and once faulty, intern cattle and horses from 1-13 come to fix it.
“Your Taixi University’s Management philosophy is truly too advanced!”
Led by Meng Xiyue, the two took the elevator up to the 7th floor, and after verification by the ‘Skull Server’ in Pink Hair’s Backpack, smoothly entered the publicly open ‘Test Area.’
In this 4-meter-high floor, the first sight that caught his eye was a massive white human head over 2m tall. The head’s appearance was very much like the ‘Engineer (Space Jockey)’ from the Alien prequel Prometheus, with pure white Skin, bald bald head, distinct facial features, and enormous volume.
This white gigantic head floated in a water tank, countless glowing fleshy Tentacles, translucent nerves, Bone spinal cords, Plant Vines…… piercing into various parts of the head, injecting substances, extracting Energy, transmitting information…… clearly using the 【Head】 as a Tool (Server) for complex operations.
Meng Xiyue pointed at this massive 【Skull in Tank】 and introduced: “This is a high-quality 【Root Server】, the head from a ‘Spirit Layer Demon God.’ Its remaining ‘Pollution System’ has been cleaned, injected with new ‘Inert Knowledge,’ providing service to users above floor 14. How about it, impressive, right! Come come, follow me further……”
Arriving at her home turf, Pink Hair immediately livened up, dragging Yuan Zhu to tour floors 7, 8, 9, 10…… Each floor’s different Rooms stored heads of various sizes, races, and structural forms.
Some horrifying in style, some bizarre, some supremely holy. These ‘heads’ all from different powerful races, with 1/3 being so-called ‘demigod-level,’ all made by 【Knowledge School】 members into powerful 【Skull Servers】, put into use to test performance and shortcomings.
Due to differences in school ideologies, the processing methods and finished styles of these 【Skull Servers】 vary. Some go for 【Skull in Tank】, some focus on proliferating brains, some metalize, or other bizarre modifications.
In the 12th floor open exhibition hall, he even saw a 【Angel Skull】 that made him feel extremely oppressed, conducting dangerous experiments on 【Holy Light System】, making him feel very uncomfortable and wanting to flee quickly, while also feeling an attraction from 【Net Path】.
As if this ‘Angel Skull’ combined with 【Magic Net】 had the ability to bypass 【Holy Light Source】 and directly Hijack 【Soul Crystals】 from the ‘Soul Net Path’ level (absorb souls).
And this ‘soul absorption’ was completely the passive fluctuation unconsciously emitted by this head.
After leaving this Laboratory, Yuan Zhu relaxed and asked in a low voice: “What grade and level is this head?”
“7-seal 【Saint】, said to have 36 complete Soul Crystals preserved in the head, it’s the 12th floor’s treasure of the museum, unmatched. It’s a research project of other factions, I have no qualification to participate, don’t know the inside story. From what I know, it’s a head from 【Holy Seal King Faction】.”
Then, Meng Xiyue dragged Yuan Zhu to see all sorts of ‘heads,’ making Yuan Zhu gradually fall into a numb state. Feeling these strange heads containing ‘terrifying Polluted Aura’ were also quite cute.
