Law of the Swarm

Chapter 261 Networking

The entire digital sea began to tumbling violently like boiling water, and after only a few seconds, the entire digital sea, whether it was solid or liquid inside, spun like a tornado.

And the white light ball that he turned into was quietly standing still in the center of the tornado.

System could feel the turbulent digital water flowing into the white ball of light where he was, and his ball of light began to grow little by little.

During this process, System heard a buzzing roar again.

System had a feeling that his ability had already been related to the voice of the world.

After that, System felt that his consciousness gradually became a little fuzzy, and he fell into a coma again...

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When System woke up in the digital sea again, it had been three days. At this time, the digital sea had returned to normal, and the strengthening of [Pupation] seemed to have completely ended.

He is still that sphere of light, and there are still those planets with abilities around him, revolving around him.

It seems that his light sphere itself has become a little bigger, and the entire digital sea has become several times larger.

But System quickly discovered the special features of the digital sea - light and lines.

The dim numbers 0 and 1 in the past now emit a faint white light. It's not just his digital sea. At a very far distance from the digital sea, System seems to see faintly bright stars all over the sky.

System knew that these faintly bright stars were the [numerical templates] he gave to other creatures.

The sphere of light he was in was like the center of a galaxy or the universe, and all these distant stars were revolving around him.

System found that there was a kind of transparent thread between these distant [data templates] and his light sphere. This kind of thread is not there, but it is real.

Through these threads, System can even directly view and modify the contents of those [data templates].

Not only that, but System can also manipulate these threads, making these transparent threads connect to each other at will to form unique nodes, and then let these nodes connect with his light sphere.

If System were to describe it, then these nodes and threads were like the network in System's previous life.

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The facts are also like what System saw and felt in the digital ocean.

Through this strengthening, System's [Numerical Code] (10/10) has been directly upgraded to [Numerical Code] (21/21), becoming an extraordinary ability, and most of the other derived abilities of [Numerical Code] If you have reached extraordinary ability, even if you don't reach level 21, you are still around level 19 or 20.

However, because the ability of [Numerical Code] is quite special, and the ability goes from mortal to magical and directly reaches extraordinary, System didn't feel any qualitative change in his ability.

System's feeling is probably that the performance of the 1 yuan computer mainframe and the 1000 yuan computer mainframe in the previous life has become several times stronger. As for more, System has to explore carefully.

And in this strengthening process, System's biggest gain is that he has obtained a brand new ability [data network], which is those transparent thin lines in the digital ocean.

[Data Network] also comes with two derivative capabilities, [Data Terminal] and [Data Node].

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[Data Network] (21/21): Special abilities obtained from [Numerical Code], [Pupation] and unknown forces.Connect different [Data Terminals] and [Data Nodes] to each other.System's unique ability.

[Data Terminal] (20/21): Obtain special abilities from [Data Network] and [Data Template].All [Data Templates] can be regarded as [Data Terminals].It can consume a certain amount of energy to connect with other [Data Terminals] or [Data Nodes].

[Data Node] (19/21): Derivative power obtained from [Data Network] and [Data Terminal].A [Data Node] can be formed by connecting three or more [Data Terminals] to each other. [Data nodes] have simple computing and recording capabilities.

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The combination of several abilities of [Data Network] made System feel as if he had returned to the Internet world in his previous life.

Creatures with [data templates] are [data terminals], which can be regarded as home computers.

[Data nodes] can be regarded as network servers, and these network servers are connected to each other, and finally connected to System.

System has undoubtedly changed the operator of the entire network, and how the network operates is all in his mind.

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Because System had nothing to do during the long pupation process, System quickly experimented with [Data Network].

After a simple experiment, System found that the power of [Data Network] has some limitations.

The main limiting factor is the consumption of mental power.

Although he can use the [Data Network] to view or modify the [Data Template] with other creatures, but the cost of viewing different [Data Templates] is very different.

For example, checking the [Data Template] of the Lizardman near the Krypton Tower consumes very little mental power, even less mental energy than checking it with [Spiritual Connection].

And checking more than a thousand kilometers away, the five Hydra brothers who are still playing "Lord Kill" will consume much more, which is about twenty times the consumption of checking the lizardmen.

However, only twenty times the consumption, System can still bear it, and it probably only feels like opening the [Spiritual Network] to a dozen Lizardmen.

System continued to upgrade the test and checked the legendary Beethoven who was still composing music on the music software on the 277th floor of the abyss.

System found that crossing the abyss level would consume dozens of times more, about [-] times that of checking the lizardman, and System would feel a little mentally exhausted.

And if you check the [Data Template] process of other planes, this consumption will continue to double.

For example, System can check the [data template] of the old Lich Kazaximer in Netherland, and he can see that the old Lich is still playing the game "Plants vs. Undead".

However, the consumption of System's viewing has reached an astonishing [-] times. After just observing for a while, System's spirit will feel a little dizzy.

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After testing, System found that it is undoubtedly a joke to fully open up this network and connect all [data templates] to form a real Internet.

It is also impossible for System to develop online games, create a pvp mode, and attract those legendary creatures to spend crazy money.

Because System provided the network across planes, he simply couldn't afford the consumption.

At present, System can also open the Internet at this level of the abyss, allowing the [data templates] among the lizardmen to connect with each other, send some messages or trade krypton points.

And if the Lizardman and Snakeman use the Internet too frequently, System's burden will also be heavy.

In order to save energy, his best course of action is to not turn on the internet.

However, System, who was thinking, suddenly realized a key point - why did he provide the Internet for free and make selfless dedication?

Why let them surf the Internet for free without paying Internet fees?
(End of this chapter)