Chapter 77: The Nano Body_1

A group of people stepped onto the helicopter, and Miranda, finally fulfilling her wish, felt immensely grateful. She held her daughter Eva's hand, and together with Lord Hachishaku and the other three, they bid farewell to Qin Ming.

"Goodbye!"

They waved their arms with joy, thinking to themselves that they had finally sent these terrifying beings away!

Especially Lord Hachishaku, who, over the past three months, had her body repeatedly researched by Qin Ming to the point of feeling scared at the mere sight of this man.

As the helicopter ascended and left, Qin Ming watched their figures shrink until they were barely visible. Barring any surprises, they would continue to live in this isolated village, forever.

He had finally understood the reason behind Miranda and the Four Great Nobles' immortality.

How could the already dead die again?

In a sense, they were already dead. Their bodies had been completely eroded by the mycelium, and their brains had been replaced by neural networks constructed by the E mold.

Were they still their former selves?

Or perhaps, simply the mycelium with their old memories?

A hint of confusion shone in Qin Ming's eyes as he contemplated philosophical questions about the self and identity, puzzled, with no one to provide answers.

...

The helicopter, carrying a dozen or so people, landed atop a massive circular structure.

This was a large research facility built by robots. Inside the building, countless bionic mechanical arms were at work, with humans standing behind them.

The streets surrounding the building were deserted, devoid of people and the usual din of cars.

It wasn't exactly as imagined, rather completely unrelated.

As everyone disembarked, they were taken aback by the eerie sight.

Where were the people? Where were the inhabitants of the city?

The streets were empty, as if they were the only humans left in the entire world.

Filled with questions, they walked down the building's exposed staircase to the street.

They searched everywhere, but still saw no one. Phones didn't work, and the network was disconnected.

When they finally spotted a few figures, Piers approached to ask questions, only to discover they were actually robots.

"They are robots!"

Chris also noticed the problem:

"Where did these robots come from?"

The robots paid no attention to them and did not initiate an attack, simply going about their business and leaving.

The members of the USS Squad were elite soldiers, and Ada Wong was a battle-hardened agent with strong mental fortitude. Still, confronted with this situation, they were momentarily overwhelmed.

Qin Ming, who had been following them, also remained calm in the face of this strangeness.

Chris and Ada soon became aware of this fact.

He must know something!

"Dr. Qin, what's going on here?"

Chris turned his head to ask, and everyone looked back at the man who then said,

"They are in another world."

"Dr. Qin, what do you mean by that?"

Buildings beside them opened automatically, made of new materials

As they looked, they saw densely packed nutrient tanks arranged in a matrix, with thick black wires interwoven.

It was all dizzying to behold.

The visual impact of this scene was tremendous, making everyone's mind go blank as if struck by lightning, standing frozen in place.

Chris was the first to react, instinctively wanting to draw his gun on Qin Ming but was controlled by the Nano System.

The rest of the team also couldn't move and, a minute later, were taken away by robots.

Only Ada Wong and Qin Ming remained on the street.

He looked at Ada Wong and spoke:

"Ada Wong, do you choose the real world, or the Virtual World?"

"Is this your so-called advantage?"

"Yes, and no."

"Before making a choice, may I ask you a question?"

Knowing she could not resist, Ada Wong didn't make any futile efforts. Instead, she voiced her biggest doubt, "Why are you doing this?"

Qin Ming did not answer,

With gritted teeth, Ada Wong raised her head to look at him and demanded again:

"What exactly do you want to do!"

The expression of the man in front of her remained calm, his gaze as still as an ancient well, not resembling a person but rather a god who looked down on humanity with indifference.

"I need wisdom."

"An individual's wisdom is incredibly tiny, I need the wisdom of all of humanity."

"Why?"

"I just want to survive."

Hearing his words, Ada Wong was startled and didn't understand the meaning of this sentence.

Before she could continue to ask, darkness fell before her eyes, and the last thing she heard was a sigh.

Resentful in her heart before losing consciousness,

Wait, I haven't made my choice yet!

Women are troublesome, Qin Ming was short on time, so he made the choice for her, and the robot dragged her away.

There was only him left in the world.

Qin Ming looked at the empty surroundings and suddenly felt a wave of loneliness, a kind that could crush a normal person, but it didn't bring him any negative or sad emotions.

"All I want is to survive."

Qin Ming murmured to himself.

Without sufficient strength, everything is just an illusion. He moved his feet, and his figure gradually disappeared into the streets.

A gust of cold wind blew past, the desolate city, devoid of people.

...

Half a year later, the modern city, without human activity, had become verdant.

High-rise buildings were overgrown with green plants, and cracks and collapses appeared on the concrete roads, with greenery peeking out. An ant was crawling on the ground when suddenly the sky darkened above it, sensing danger it hurried along, a foot landing exactly where it had been just a moment ago, missing it by a hair's breadth.

Qin Ming was walking step by step on the city's streets.

Various small animals roamed the streets, and Qin Ming even saw a cute little axe-head.

In a few more decades, these cities built by humans with steel and concrete will return to nature.

He took a deep breath of the fresh air, tasting a hint of sweetness, even though he no longer needed to breathe or eat to survive.

A drop of black liquid seeped out from Qin Ming's fingertips.

Drip!

This drop of liquid fell to the ground and began to voraciously devour the organic matter around it, multiplying from a single drop to a pool, from a pool to a river.

In less than half an hour, it had turned from a river into a black sea, rising and falling like giant waves, sweeping toward the entire city.

This was one of the results of six months of research combining the wisdom of all humanity, nanocells that could devour organic matter and reproduce themselves.

He successfully fused biological cells with nanobots and squeezed out the potential of the enhanced C-virus, storing all the obtained nanostructures in the Nano System.

The nanocells could produce various magical nanomaterials, such as silicon-based "Flying Blade" materials, that enabled Qin Ming to transform into an indestructible iron fortress or make his hair razor-sharp.

The nanocells could also communicate through electromagnetic waves or by using what Qin Ming had transformed into wired fiber-optic nano-neurons. Even without telekinesis, he could control every cell in his body.

Qin Ming raised his right hand, and his fingertips sparked with electricity, which was the electric energy provided by the carbon nanocells in his body and also the main source of energy now driving the nanocells, aside from high-voltage charging; eating, basking in the sun, or cosmic high-energy radiation could all recharge energy.

Just how strong this body was, he couldn't be certain, but what he could say was that one man could stand against a million soldiers!

Modern weapons, excluding nuclear bombs, could no longer threaten his life.

Furthermore, Qin Ming had loaded his memories into every nanocell, ensuring that even if he suffered unimaginable damage, as long as one cell survived, he could divide and be reborn, just like the blood rebirth in fantasy novels.

However, the person who came back to life might no longer be him but rather a clone carrying his memories.

Apart from his brain, the trillions of cells in his body had been replaced with nanocells, achieving physical immortality.

The most important brain was something Qin Ming didn't dare to touch but from Sherry's cells he found a way to delay brain aging.

If there was no breakthrough, Qin Ming would likely brain dead in about five hundred years, leaving behind only a powerful body.

The forbidden zone of God is not so easy to break. Qin Ming had still not managed to unravel the essence of human thought, the secret of consciousness.

That involves quantum mechanics. Perhaps given enough time and using colliders to study cutting-edge physics, he might succeed in a few decades or a hundred years, but time was already running out.

23:03 : 01

Only one day left before departure, it was time to return the city to humanity.

Countless nanocells devoured organic matter and grew exponentially, proliferating at an exponential rate.

From space, all the cities on Earth were covered by a black sea, shedding their mottled green, innumerable animals fleeing from the city back to the wild in panic.

Under the brilliant sunshine, the city was once again revealed in its true form, as neat as new. The rusted and broken bridge surfaces and shattered windows, all decaying areas were repaired by the nanocells.

To resurrect the city, only one last step remained.

Qin Ming followed the empty streets to a café.

Inside the café, he sat on a chair that was as clean as new, and standing beside him was a beautiful and moving girl. Her figure and appearance could be called perfect, a body that Xiao Ai had adjusted with the x-virus to suit Qin Ming's aesthetic.

"Xiao Ai, strong coffee, no sugar," he said.

Soon, a cup of coffee was brought to him by the girl, who held it in her delicate and fair hands, presenting it to Qin Ming with the utmost respect.

As Qin Ming tasted the coffee, he connected to the Virtual World with the Nano System, preparing to do the last thing.