Latest URL: While the two were talking, they saw the old prince returning to the room with a metal box, and placed the box directly on the table.

Both Leo and Sylvia looked at the box on the table at the same time. Sylvia couldn't see the origin of the box, but Leo recognized at a glance that this box was often used by some secret departments in the early days of the Earth Federation to transport The box for special items has its own genetic identification system and a small neutron bomb built in. Once someone opens the box violently, or opens the box in the wrong way, the built-in self-destruct device will immediately detonate the neutron bomb, destroying the box and the inside. All things and people around are destroyed.

So the moment he recognized the origin of the box, Leo instinctively grabbed Sylvia's arm, stepped back a few steps, and at the same time blocked his body in front of Sylvia.

If it was in the universe, Leo would not be so nervous when the power of psykers was unlimited, because even though the neutron bomb was powerful, there was no way to kill a high-level psyker. Damage, after all, it takes more than a minute for the power of a neutron bomb to fully explode. This time is enough for any high-level psyker who controls space movement to move to a safe area. If he cannot hit the target, no matter how powerful the weapon is, it is useless .

Not to mention demigods like Sylvia, whose powerful physical bodies won't take damage even if they bear the impact of a neutron bomb head-on.

But if it is in the current special environment where this kind of power is greatly weakened and suppressed, with Leo's understanding of this neutron bomb, whether it is a psychic like him or a demigod like Sylvia, facing The lethality of a neutron bomb will be life-threatening. After all, this thing is the best weapon for the Earth Federation to deal with ordinary psykers in the early days.

When he saw Leo's reaction, the old prince was not only stunned, but soon he thought of something, and asked in surprise, "Do you know what this is?"

Leo didn't answer, but asked instead: "How did this thing get into your hands? What's in it?"

Although Sylvia, who was protected by Leo, didn't understand why Leo had such a big reaction and made such a move, she also knew very well that it must have something to do with the metal box brought by the old duke, so she also Watching the old prince vigilantly, at the same time, he began to slowly mobilize his body's strength so that he could make a timely move in case of any emergencies.

There was a questioning tone in Leo's retorted question. The old duke frowned slightly after hearing this, but he knew very well that now was not the time for him to get angry. If he felt that if he didn't explain clearly, he might face it. Leo and Sylvia attacked like a storm.

So he quickly suppressed his displeasure, and replied: "The ancestors of the family brought it from the world of Velen. It is said that it came from a wizard. Now it seems that this statement is correct. You, a wizard, recognized this thing at a glance. Yes. As for what’s inside, you’ll find out later.”

As he spoke, he saw him put his hand on the top of the metal box, and then saw five hair-sized needles popping out of the smooth surface, piercing into the old Duke's fingers and absorbing a drop of it each. blood.

Immediately after the needle was retracted into the metal surface, there was a very slight sound of mechanical movement inside the box, and then a gap opened on the top of the box, and a stream of condensed mist emerged from the gap, flowing like a waterfall. The outer wall of the box flowed onto the table.

The old prince opened the lid of the box naturally, then reached into the box with both hands, carefully took out the contents of the box, and placed it in front of the two of them.

"Brain in a vat?" Seeing the items taken out of the box, Leo couldn't help saying in the language of the Earth Federation.

And Sylvia frowned at the same time, with a disgusted look on her face.

What the old duke took out of the box was a circular transparent metal cylinder, which was filled with an unknown liquid, and a shrunken brain was soaked in the liquid, and some hair-like threads were connected to different parts of the brain. And it extends to the bottom, and is connected with the life support and main control device at the bottom.

Leo is very familiar with the thing in front of him. It can be said that the first task he was created was to guard the warehouse where this thing was stored.

This thing is called Brain in a Tank, and it was a whimsical life extension technology in the early days of the Earth Federation. Those in power at the time thought it was a pity that some scientists who had made outstanding contributions to technology died like this, so they used some visionaries from the old Earth era The imaginary technology created this brain-in-a-cylinder device. After the scientist died, his brain was transferred into it, so that he could continue to survive in this special form, and one day he could create a matching body Then the brain can be transferred to the new body so that it can be reborn.

This technology has been popular for a long time in the early days of the Earth Federation. Not only scientists will find ways to make themselves a brain in a vat after death, but some dignitaries and celebrities will also spend a lot of money to complete the transfer of their brains when they are about to die. For this reason, the Earth Federation even set up a department dedicated to managing and maintaining the brain in the vat, and this department still existed until the time Leo was in.

Although the technology of the brain in a vat is very mature, even if the stored brain is stored for thousands of years, it will not be damaged without external force and has achieved a certain sense of longevity, but this technology also has fatal flaws , that is, the brain will not be damaged, but will decline. Under normal circumstances, a few hundred years is enough for a brain to completely decline into a baby brain without any information. In this case, even if a new body is created, it will The brain has been in the past, and it cannot be regarded as rebirth.

Therefore, a long time ago, the scientists of the Earth Federation who studied related technologies began to think of ways to make up for this defect, but in the end this defect was still not resolved until Leo was in the era, not even the link of creating a body for rebirth. A success story.

Although scientists have used various methods to create different bodies, all bodies will have a strong rejection reaction after brain transplantation. It is said that the biochemical human manufacturing technology is also transformed from a failed case of body transplantation.

However, in the process of various failed researches, scientists have found a new usage of the brain in the vat. They can connect the brain in the vat to the intelligent computer to create a super artificial intelligence capable of self-learning and self-thinking. When the Supreme Council restricts artificial intelligence technology, this kind of super artificial intelligence does not violate the laws of the Supreme Council of the universe, and can play a very huge role in various fields of science and technology.

It is precisely because of this that even though the brain-in-vat rebirth technology has never been successful, the Earth Federation department for storing and maintaining the brain-in-vat has never been released, and a large amount of funds is injected into it every year.

After Leo was manufactured, his first regular task was to guard the storage warehouse of the brain in the tank. During the guarding process, he learned about the technology of the brain in the tank, and he also saw with his own eyes how scientists degenerate those brains that have completely degenerated into The brain in the tank in the blank state is transformed into a super artificial intelligence.

It is precisely because of Leo's understanding of Brain-in-Vat technology that when he sees Brain-in-Vat placed on the table in front of him, he immediately recognizes its origin, and can also judge which device is the first. Whether the super-artificial intelligence technology has been adjusted for the midbrain device in the tank, and to what extent the brain soaked in the nutrient solution has shrunk and degenerated.

"Do you know what it is?" The old prince was also able to guess from Leo's reaction that the other party knew what it was that he took out, which surprised him, because even he didn't know what it was, he just knew it what is inside.

It's just the same as before, Leo didn't answer the old duke's question, but asked instead: "Whose brain is this?"

The old Duke frowned again, but still replied truthfully: "Ambert Belmont, my ancestor."

"Did he make the prophecy?" Sylvia's disgust quickly subsided, and her curiosity took over. She leaned forward curiously, looked at the brain device in the tank, and couldn't help reaching out. He knocked on the shell made of transparent metal and asked.

Seeing Sylvia knocking on the shell of the brain in the tank like a fish tank, the old Duke's eyelids couldn't help but twitch, he took a deep breath, suppressed the displeasure in his heart, and replied: "Yes. "

Leo interrupted at this moment and asked, "How did he put his brain in this device?"

"I would like to know too," replied the old prince.

Leo asked again: "Is the prophecy he said before or after the brain was installed here?"

"Of course later." The old duke quickly replied: "The ancestors put their brains into this artifact in order to obtain the ability to prophesy. Over the years, our family has also relied on the prophecy of our ancestors time and time again. able to reproduce to this day..."

"Wait?" Leo immediately interrupted the old duke when he heard this, and said, "You mean that the prophecies spoken by your ancestors have been continuously given over the years, including the prophecies made by me and Sylvia? "

The old duke nodded and said: "Yes, the prophecy of Lord Leo and Ms. Silvia appeared a few months ago. At that time, I didn't understand what it meant until I returned from the city of learning and read the prophecy book again. Only then did I realize that the people mentioned in the latest prophecy are two people."

Hearing what the old duke said, Leo looked thoughtfully at the vat midbrain in front of him, then switched to an unknown, looked at the secret lock switch at the base of the vat midbrain, and recognized that the switch had been turned, which meant The vat midbrain has completed the system transplantation of super artificial intelligence. In this case, this vat midbrain is either the main system of super artificial intelligence, or a remote extension of a certain main system. No matter which case, it means It is impossible for the brain in the vat to give so-called predictions spontaneously, and more importantly, judging from the description of the old duke, those predictions are not predictions at all, but more like prediction instructions generated after some kind of data analysis.

Although it is not new to predict the future development of something through data analysis, it has already appeared in the old earth era, but the technology that can complete high-precision predictions matured after the brain-in-a-cylinder was transformed into a super artificial intelligence system Yes, in Leo's era, super artificial intelligence was almost equated with accurate forecasting, and almost 90% of super artificial intelligence devices were used for data analysis and precise prediction.

Although Leo is not very familiar with super artificial intelligence technology, he also knows the general content of these technologies, so when he saw the current situation of the brain in a vat and the so-called prediction method, he immediately thought of the prediction made by analyzing the data. Accurate prediction.

"What is the book of prophecy?" Sylvia asked.

The old prince replied: "A book compiled from the prophecies made by the ancestors in the past."

"Now you take him out and show us, what do you think?" Sylvia said bluntly: "Do you want us to think that all the prophecies against us are true?"

"Of course not." The old duke shook his head and said, "I just put my ancestors in front of the two of you according to the prophecy. As for the future..."

Just as the old duke was explaining, he suddenly stopped, as if he was frozen, not only him, but also the sound of lava rolling outside, and the light reflected by the lava was also fixed , the surrounding airflow also no longer flows, as if time is fixed, only Leo and Silvia are not affected.

"What's going on here?" Sylvia wondered.

"Illusion." Leo looked around calmly, and quickly replied: "The moment the brain was taken out of that tank, our spirits had already been affected. It was just that the mental influence had accumulated enough. To the extent that we hallucinate, it just happens automatically."

As soon as Leo's voice fell~lightnovelpub.net~, I heard a burst of applause coming from the living room outside the room, followed by a burst of heavy footsteps, and saw a little giant who was twice as tall as a normal person He bent down and got in from the door.

I saw that most of the little giant's head had turned into a dragon, not only covered with scales, but also with dragon horns, and even the facial features began to show the changes of the dragon's head, only a trace of human form could be vaguely seen .

Compared with the magic dragon on the head, his body is quite normal, only the limbs and chest have dragon scales, but the huge body makes him look even more inhuman.

"Ambert Belmont." Sylvia said confirmingly.

"I salute you, patron of the powerful bloodline." The dragon giant in front of him is not as rough as his appearance, but when facing Sylvia, he is as polite as a gentleman, it's just his gentlemanly behavior Putting it on his image makes people feel nondescript.

However, after saluting to Sylvia, the dragon giant turned his head to look at Leo, and said to Leo, "I salute you, survivor of the former universe."