Chapter 213: Chapter 209: Humanoid Robot Mimicry Simulation
Shen Feng took a deep breath to calm himself and looked at the bracelet.
The bracelet looked no different than before. It was completely unremarkable, like a cheap, mass-produced gadget you could buy online for a few bucks.
However, the flashing red light and the blood-red eyeball on the bracelet’s screen told him that the "True Apocalypse Game" had returned!
He immediately fired off his questions:
"What happened? Did you evade the attack from that mysterious force? Or did you defeat it? What exactly was attacking you? Was it the Whisperer? Or some entity like the Master of the Void? And what are you?"
Shen Feng had a mountain of questions built up, and now he blurted them all out at once.
To be honest, he had even been a little worried that the True Apocalypse Game might not reactivate, that it would fall silent for good, and he would lose this source of support from the mystical side of things.
On the other hand, a part of him subconsciously hoped the True Apocalypse Game would never reappear. After all, in a way, it was only after this system showed up that his life was completely upended, and the entire world began to face more and more dangers.
But now that the True Apocalypse Game had fully recovered, all those previous thoughts no longer mattered.
After Shen Feng asked his questions, the bracelet’s red light flickered a few times but offered no reply.
Then, a holographic screen materialized in mid-air, and a few lines of text flashed across it:
"Player has successfully prevented the apocalypse in the real world. Mission completion: 93%. Distributing mission rewards:
1. One (1) Genetic Enhancement Potion (F).
2. Blind Snake Destruction Program.
3. One (1) Mutual Summoning Opportunity. You may summon any being from this world into a mission world, or summon any being from a mission world into this world.
4. Humanoid Robot Mimicry Simulation."
Descriptions of the four rewards appeared as text on the holographic screen.
With all his previous experience, Shen Feng could tell just from the names that every single one of these rewards was extremely powerful!
The Genetic Enhancement Potion, just by its name, was definitely no less valuable than the Antiviral Serum. He just didn’t know its specific function.
The Blind Snake Destruction Program was likely very similar to that "cage program" used to control Jingwei before.
The summoning opportunity, of course, spoke for itself.
And that Humanoid Robot Mimicry Simulation was, naturally, another book.
Among the book rewards Shen Feng had received before were Hypnosis Principles and Nanomechanical Principles, each of which had an incredibly powerful effect.
Humanoid Robot Mimicry Simulation—he could tell from the name alone that this was exactly what he needed right now.
The sheer value of these rewards far surpassed those from any previous mission. Most of them could have served as the main reward for a different apocalypse mission.
Clearly, the True Apocalypse Game placed immense importance on the fact that he had managed to stop the Biohazard Apocalypse in his own world.
Shen Feng didn’t claim the rewards right away. Instead, he stared at the bracelet in silence, his thoughts racing.
The True Apocalypse Game had reactivated at almost the exact same moment the Evil Spirit Virus outbreak was brought completely under control.
And this time, the True Apocalypse Game had given no advance warning, yet it had ultimately treated the real-world apocalypse as a mission and given rewards that exceeded all expectations.
Apparently, events in the real world could affect the True Apocalypse Game system and the entity behind it!
Shen Feng mulled this over for a moment. Having settled his thoughts, he slowly asked, word by word:
"Do events in my world affect your existence? When I stop an apocalypse in a Parallel World, or find a solution to one, does that also have a positive effect on you? If what’s happening now can impact you so severely, the only explanation is a temporal butterfly effect. Do you exist in... the future!?"
Although it was just a guess, it touched upon the truth behind everything. Shen Feng couldn’t help but feel a little tense.
’Will doing this get a response from the True Apocalypse Game?’
’Or will it anger the entity behind it?’
’Or maybe there is no "entity behind it" at all? Maybe the True Apocalypse Game is just a powerful intelligent program, operating according to a fixed set of rules?’
Two things truly concerned Shen Feng.
First, could his actions in the real world—his successes—provide power to the True Apocalypse Game?
Second, if his actions could influence the True Apocalypse Game, could he negotiate with it? Could he get it to grant him more power directly, instead of having to fight for his life in an apocalypse every single time?
He waited for a while, but the True Apocalypse Game still gave no reaction.
Shen Feng’s eyes narrowed. He took off the bracelet, walked over to the pool of Gray Tide in his living room, and said:
"Answer me. Otherwise, I will refuse to carry out any more of your missions. I require mutual respect, not to be treated as a tool! Don’t tell me you can’t understand me. Even if you’re just a program, if you were really that rudimentary, none of this would have ever happened."
The bracelet remained silent.
Shen Feng snorted coldly and said:
"Fine. In that case, goodbye."
The moment he finished speaking, his fingers relaxed. The bracelet slipped from his hand and fell toward the pool of Gray Tide.
Under Shen Feng’s control, the Gray Tide below began to roil, preparing to consume the bracelet and erase every trace of it.
Just then, the long-silent bracelet finally flashed with light, and a single word appeared on the screen:
"Wait."
Shen Feng snatched the bracelet out of the air with lightning speed. He looked at the word "Wait." on the screen, and though his expression was calm, a storm was brewing in his heart.
’My judgment was correct!’
’It needs me, and it can communicate with me directly!’
Their originally lopsided relationship had just undergone a massive shift. He could negotiate with it now!
Shen Feng took a deep breath and asked again:
"Wait for what?"
A few more minutes passed, feeling like centuries, before the bracelet flashed again:
"Information. Energy. Not yet possible."
Although the message was extremely brief, it conveyed the situation.
The entity behind the True Apocalypse Game, or rather the system itself, couldn’t transmit information that easily. Perhaps it required a huge amount of energy.
And for some reason, the questions Shen Feng had asked couldn’t be answered for the time being.
Shen Feng nodded in satisfaction, put the bracelet back on his wrist, and didn’t press the matter further.
He had only been trying to bluff it. Getting this result was already a pretty good start.
With this beginning, he wasn’t afraid he’d never figure out the truth behind it all.
Pushing it too hard right now wouldn’t be a good thing.
After all, from his perspective, he still needed the True Apocalypse Game system more than it needed him.
Pretending to destroy the bracelet just now was merely a ruse.
If it had truly given him no reply, he wouldn’t have actually destroyed the bracelet with the Gray Tide.
But it seemed the entity behind the True Apocalypse Game hadn’t been able to keep its cool.
’As long as we can communicate, everything is negotiable.’
’There’s still plenty of time. I should quit while I’m ahead and take it slow.’
The light on the bracelet flickered once more before going dim, as if the entity behind it was a little tired.
Shen Feng paid that no mind and issued a direct command to the bracelet:
"Requesting to claim the Genetic Enhancement Potion (F), the Blind Snake Destruction Program, and Humanoid Robot Mimicry Simulation."
A few lines of text flashed on the bracelet again:
"Rewards have been dispatched. Please open the bookshelf in the corner of the living room."
Then the light faded completely, as if it couldn’t be bothered to speak with Shen Feng anymore.
Shen Feng pursed his lips, walked over to the bookshelf, and pulled open the door. Three items immediately came into view.
A syringe, a chip, and a book.
Shen Feng first picked up the syringe. He glanced at the pale blue liquid inside, and without a second thought, he stuck it in his arm and injected ninety percent of it, leaving a small amount behind to study as a sample.
Then he picked up the chip and pressed it to his temple. His Silicon-Based Brain began to rapidly emit brainwaves to interface with the chip.
In the next instant, it felt as if an electric current shot through his temple, followed by a sudden, searing heat. Then came an itching sensation inside his brain, as if something had burrowed its way in.
Even though he knew it was a sensation similar to a "phantom limb," Shen Feng couldn’t resist scratching the back of his head.
He looked at his hand; the chip was completely burned out. And now, it seemed something new was inside his Silicon-Based Brain.
Jingwei’s voice echoed in his consciousness:
"Damn it, Shen Feng! Why did you let a snake in here!? Without even a warning!"
Shen Feng didn’t have time to ask Jingwei what happened. He immediately grabbed the book, Humanoid Robot Mimicry Simulation, and started flipping through it.
The material of this book was somewhat similar to Nanomechanical Principles, but it seemed even more advanced.
The entire book was as thin as a single sheet of paper and felt like an aerogel in his hand.
And the contents weren’t entirely text; behind the words were numerous microcircuits, similar to a chip.
Shen Feng couldn’t help but frown.
’The person who made this book was just making things needlessly complicated. With this kind of technology, wouldn’t it be much easier to just make it a data file?’
After a quick scan of the readable text, Shen Feng’s eyes lit up.
The mimicry simulation technology recorded inside far surpassed the "silicone inflatable doll plus Nanomechanical Cluster" technique that Jingwei was currently using.
Speaking of which, it was remarkably similar to the 3D printing technology from the post-nuclear apocalypse world Jingwei had come from.
However, while the 3D printers back then printed mechanical parts and various devices, the technology in Humanoid Robot Mimicry Simulation printed biological human tissue!
3D-printed human tissues—blood vessels, nerves, skin, muscles, organs, and so on—combined with a mechanical structure that could directly interface with them... the final creation would no longer be a simple humanoid robot mimicry simulation.
Instead, it would be...
Creating a human!