Xiang Fan has been feeling a bit overwhelmed lately.
During the day, the maintenance workshop on the ground floor of Qixing Company was still a "hard labor hell" with constant mechanical noise, oil and sweat. He and Engineer Hong led a group of Qi training repairmen, and were ordered by foundation-building engineers every day to repair those large and small mechas.
At night, which was supposed to be the time for monks to practice in seclusion, he was tied up by his "living dad" teammates and forced to go to the Spirit Realm battlefield to play ranked games. A 50-50 ranking was not enough, so he had to go to the Chaos Area to grab resources and launch sneak attacks in group battles. He was not able to sleep until the early morning.
What made him even more speechless was that a mysterious and strange guy would send him a large pile of technical documents every few days and ask him to "help take a look at them."
At first, Xiang Fan found these things interesting. Since he had nothing else to do, he would casually point out problems and offer solutions. However, as time went on, he found that the drawings he received became increasingly specialized and difficult.
Moreover, this guy’s research direction... seems to be not just Nascent Soul-level mecha, but is developing towards the God Transformation-level mecha!
Xiang Fan gradually began to admire this man's ambition. The Nascent Soul-level mecha hadn't even been fully realized yet, but he had already set his sights on the God Transformation level!
"This guy is so brave..." Xiang Fan couldn't help but sigh.
When Li Yuanxiu sent another new mecha research draft, Xiang Fan, while leading Ling Ruoxi, Ling Ruochen, and Shadow Killer to rank up, absentmindedly flipped through the documents and casually asked:
"Well... although I don't have much information, judging from some traces, your goal is not just the Nascent Soul level, right? Are you aiming for a Divine Transformation level mecha?"
When Li Yuanxiu saw these words, his pupils trembled and his heartbeat accelerated suddenly.
——He never explicitly told anyone that his real goal was the God-level mecha!
Even within the company, only he and a handful of core engineers knew of the existence of this plan, and Zero had deduced this conclusion based solely on some of his drawings?!
Li Yuanxiu's fingers trembled slightly. He knew that the person he was facing was definitely not an ordinary genius, but a complete monster!
He cautiously tried:
"Mr. Zero, since you've already seen the clues, I'd like to ask you, what are your thoughts on the possibility of a God-level mecha?"
Xiang Fan was originally playing ranked, but when this sentence came out, he was stunned. He casually controlled Zero to cut down the enemy mecha with a sword, and thought for a moment, then replied calmly:
"For a Divine Transformation-level mecha, if we just continue to pile up data and energy along the lines of the Nascent Soul-level, it won't work."
Li Yuanxiu frowned and immediately asked:
"Why?"
Xiang Fan continued playing the game and casually explained:
"You should also be aware that the psychic energy output of a mecha has always been more than ten times that of an ordinary cultivator of the same level, right?"
Li Yuanxiu nodded.
"Then, the spiritual energy output of the God Transformation-level mecha has theoretically reached the peak level of a cultivator in the Tribulation Crossing Stage."
"In other words, even if you create a God-level mecha, a mecha master won't be able to fully utilize it."
Li Yuanxiu frowned. He had been aware of this problem for a long time, but had never found a suitable solution.
"Blindly increasing the power of the psychic core and pursuing ultra-high energy output is completely useless." Xiang Fan continued, "It's like using a Nascent Soul-level energy furnace to boil a pot of water - the energy utilization rate is too low, the loss is huge, and the gain is not worth the loss."
"Then...how to solve it?" Li Yuanxiu asked impatiently.
Xiang Fan easily finished another qualifying match, stretched, and then said leisurely:
"Have you ever considered that a mecha's energy core doesn't necessarily need to be activated by the mecha pilot himself?"
"The mecha pilot's psychic power can simply serve as a 'guide'."
Li Yuanxiu was slightly stunned.
"Just like the principle of leverage, the mecha master uses extremely small costs to mobilize enormous amounts of psychic energy."
Li Yuanxiu's eyes suddenly lit up. Xiang Fan's words completely hit the core of his problem!
Indeed! The biggest problem with his Nascent Soul-level mecha is that it's too powerful, making it impossible for a mecha pilot to control it. Even a peak-level Jindan cultivator could only unleash less than 10% of the mecha's combat power!
If it is a God-level mecha, then this ratio will drop to 1% or even lower!
"But...how can we solve this problem?"
5. Key Technology: Combination of Gu and AI
Li Yuanxiu realized that Zero definitely had a complete solution, so he continued to ask:
"We've also tried artificial intelligence (AI) assistance systems, allowing AI to mobilize energy for mecha pilots, but AI is ultimately just AI. It can't perfectly integrate with cultivators, and the degree of coordination is extremely low."
"Are you trying to say, let AI assist the monks?"
Xiang Fan shook his head: "It's not that the AI is assisting the monks, but that the AI is parasitic on the monks and mechas!"
Li Yuanxiu: “???”
Xiang Fan opened his data terminal, searched for a while, and casually sorted out the experimental data on the 'Golden Cicada Gu' he had previously researched with the Gu Master, and sent it to Li Yuanxiu:
“You can try this idea.”
"Let the AI take the form of a 'gu' and parasitize both the mecha pilot's body and the mecha system."
"This way, the mecha operator only needs to use his psychic energy to activate the Gu in his body, and the AI can call on the mecha's energy on his behalf."
Li Yuanxiu's pupils shrank and the hairs on his body stood up.
"insanity?!"
He quickly opened the information sent by Xiang Fan and studied it carefully.
The more he looked at it, the more shocked and frightened he became!
——This, this is a completely new concept!
If AI becomes a 'parasitic Gu', then the monk will not need to directly control the mecha, but will form perfect synchronization with the mecha through the perception of the Gu in the body!
——It is feasible! It is absolutely feasible!!!
Li Yuanxiu's fingers trembled with excitement. He knew that he might be only one step away from a real breakthrough in the God-Transformation-level mecha!
"Mr. Zero...thank you very much!" He sent a message to Zero solemnly.
"You're welcome. I'm just offering some suggestions." Xiang Fan replied nonchalantly, while accepting an invitation to a new ranked match.
"But if you want to experiment, you'd better be cautious. If something goes wrong with the Gu, your mecha pilot might just explode."
"...Understood!" Li Yuanxiu immediately turned off the communication and rushed to the company's experimental department, ready to hold an emergency meeting immediately!
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