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Under Luo Xiu's instructions, whether it was in the virtual world 'Huanmeng' or on every screen on the Blue Star, the topic of Gou Wen's upcoming ascension ceremony was instantly on top.

The Blue Star personnel who saw this piece of information stopped what they were doing and focused all their attention on the screen where Gou Wen was about to ascend.

The reason why the news of the ascension ceremony attracted so much attention on Blue Star was that in addition to Gou Wen's status among the humans on Blue Star, the feature of mechanical ascension that could make people immortal was what attracted them even more attention.

Not all Blue Star humans are like Cao Guolin who downplay life and death and place their thoughts on the highest level.

Most Blue Star humans still think about how to live forever and how to live forever.

‘Is it Chief Engineer Gou Wen? ’

‘Weren’t there rumors before that he was going to get a chance to ascend? It turned out to be true. ’

Previously, in the Blue Star human circle, news about mechanical ascension had been noisy, but before Luo Xiu made it public, they were just guessing.

But now that Luo Xiu has released all the news about the ascension ceremony, of course they don't need to hide the discussion.

‘Why isn’t it Chief Engineer Cao? ’

‘Yes, Chief Engineer Cao Guolin is the one who has made the greatest contribution. ’

‘Upstairs, you mean that Chief Engineer Gou Wen has not contributed much? ’

Although Cao Guolin has disappeared from the sight of Blue Star personnel for a long time, Blue Star humans who have experienced the era of deterrence still remember Cao Guolin.

‘Quiet, it’s time to start! ’

In the Blue Star human common forum, when the Ascension Ceremony officially began, everyone suddenly fell silent.

At this time, on the moon, Gou Wen had already sat on a chair that was not very technological. This picture is far from the picture of the various devices expected by the Blue Star humans to surround Gou Wen and transform Gou Wen into a mechanical life in just a few ups and downs.

"let's start."

After Gou Wen sat down, Luo Xiu, who was standing next to Gou Wen in an exoskeleton armor, whispered to the control system.

"Okay, Commander."

After the control system of the lunar research base responded, the chair Gou Wen was sitting on suddenly split into a large number of nano-robots. In just a few seconds, Gou Wen was completely wrapped by the nano-robots.

'So fast! ’

‘Is this a nanorobot used for genetic modification? ’

'Probably, but compared to our genetic modification, the nanorobots used in this ascension ceremony are too many, right? ’

When genetic modification began to become popular, nanorobots had already begun to enter thousands of households in Blue Star.

In fact, if they were only used for genetic modification, the number of nanorobots used by each Blue Star person would only be contained in a box the size of a fingernail. Compared with Gou Wen, the nanoscale robot that completely enveloped him and was still getting thicker, it was simply not on the same level.

On the surface of Gou Wen's body, which was completely covered by nanorobots, these huge numbers of robots were drilling through Gou Wen's skin and rushing towards his brain.

Since the nanorobots did not cause any major damage to Gou Wen's body, even if the nanorobots had begun to enter Gou Wen's brain, he himself still had no reaction.

However, if it is only covered by nanorobots, of course the ascension cannot be completed directly. When they came into contact with Gou Wen's cerebral cortex, metal hoses as thick as fingers stretched out from the roof and began to penetrate Gou Wen's body, which was covered by nanorobots.

After these metal tubes were inserted, they quickly replaced various organs in Gou Wen's body and directly connected them with the brain, allowing the brain to transfer the data and most important thoughts under the action of nanorobots. .

For mechanical ascension, nothing else is important. The most important thing is to be able to transfer the thoughts of the ascension person. Only the preservation of thoughts can be said to have completely preserved the ascended person.

"Progress 70%."

"Progress 72%."

In the feedback information Luo Xiu received, the progress of Gou Wen's ascension was being continuously broadcast.

As for the news broadcast, in addition to Luo Xiu, both Xue He in the Lunar Research Base and ordinary people on Blue Star can actually receive feedback on the ascension progress.

"Progress 72%."

‘Stopped? Why was it repeated? ’

‘What’s going on? You’re not moving? It made me very nervous. ’

When the progress suddenly stopped at 72%, both the humans on the Blue Star and Xue He and others in the lunar research base instantly felt their hearts in their throats.

For most Blue Star humans, this is the closest they'll ever get to immortality. If Gou Wen succeeds, it will also be a major incentive for the entire Blue Star human race.

Although not every Blue Star human being has the opportunity to mechanically ascend, as long as they succeed, the chance will always be greater for them.

In fact, Luo Xiu, who was standing next to Gou Wen, didn't know what was happening now. In the scheduled ascension ceremony, there was no such thing as this, "What's going on?"

"Your Excellency Commander, there are some problems with the data transfer, but they will be fixed soon."

Controlling the system is easy to say. After all, for an AI system, a repair success rate higher than 80% is considered relatively high.

But for researchers such as Xue He at the lunar research base, even if there is a 99% success rate, they are still very worried. Especially Gou Wen's good friend Cao Guolin, who is in even worse health, is extremely concerned about his old friend's ascension progress.

In fact, in addition to being concerned about the progress of his ascension, Cao Guolin also felt a little self-blame. If he hadn't refused to be the first mechanical ascensionist, Gou Wen might not have ended up like this.

While the Blue Star humans were all holding their breath and waiting for the sound of the control system to sound again, the number of metal pipes in the screen continued to increase.

And their latest target is no longer the various organs, but heading straight for Gou Wen's brain.

Seeing this scene, Luo Xiu knew that things were not as simple as the control system said. The other party said it was very fast. Maybe it was just that the success rate was higher than 50%, but not that the repair was guaranteed.

‘Not being able to obtain core data will still have a huge impact on Ascension. ’ Luo Xiu stared at the busy metal hoses and thought to himself.

The core data Luo Xiu mentioned was actually Dasara, a member of the captured Kasakuk Mechanical Ascender.

The Ascended Kasakuk who had been a prisoner for many years had no intention of compromising. After being locked up for many years, she still remained tight-lipped and had no intention of compromising.

Without this member who had experienced mechanical ascension to hand over the core data of ascension, Luo Xiu would have to experiment and explore all of his ascension concepts on his own.

Although Luo Xiu has been able to ensure that the success rate of ascension is 99.7% after a long period of virtual testing, the 0.3% failure is what Luo Xiu has always been worried about.

After all, as long as the success rate does not reach 100%, there is a thin line between failure and success.

"Repair completed, progress 73%!"

Under the common concern of all members of the Blue Star civilization, including Luo Xiu, all the members on the entire Blue Star who watched and heard the news suddenly cheered.

‘Another 1% increase, it seems the problem is solved! ’

‘It should be successful now! If you need another ascension tester, choose me! ’

At this time, all Blue Star personnel had already acquiesced in Gou Wen's successful ascension. While they cheered, they considered whether they could qualify for the next ascension.

"Your Majesty Commander, the ascension is about to be completed."

While everyone was still staring at the progress bar, the control system was already reporting to Luo Xiu that the experiment was about to succeed.

"Bring Gou Wen's mechanical body over."

Although Gou Wen will become a data stream after his ascension, according to common sense, he can freely shuttle among the various machines of Blue Star.

But in this way, the control over the ascended people will be reduced. Except for the control system within the entire Blue Star, no one can know what these ascended people are doing.

Based on this consideration, Luo Xiu planned to let the ascendants focus on a mechanical body like the cruising fleet, and not freely shuttle around the network.

"Okay, Commander."

With Luo Xiu's consent, a robot controlled by the control system walked in from a side door and quickly stood next to Gou Wen.

The appearance of this mechanical body is not very tall, but its appearance is very different from ordinary robots. Especially in design, it has a unique beauty.

When the mechanical body that Gou Wen was about to settle down appeared, the Blue Star humans also set their sights on this mechanical body.

'What's this? ’

‘Is it the machine that Chief Engineer Gou Wen is about to control? ’

‘It seems like, will the ascendants in the future have one person per person? ’

The discussion about this mechanical body instantly jumped to the topic of Blue Star and the virtual world ‘Dream’. Blue Star humans have always had a deep enthusiasm for these gossips.

"Progress 100%."

"The Ascended One's promotion is completed!"

Under the watchful eyes of all Blue Star humans and starship humans, the progress bar finally reached the end, and Gou Wen successfully completed his mechanical ascension.

When the voice of the control system sounded, the nano-robots retreated from Gou Wen's body, leaving only a body that could no longer move.

Gou Wen's spiritual consciousness and his entire memory data have been migrated to the network at this time, and he is just waiting for the control system of the lunar research base to put him into the mechanical body.

"Match completed."

As the voice of the control system sounded again, the entire ascendant promotion ceremony came to a perfect end.

"squeak."

Next to Gou Wen's body, the mechanical body exuding silvery white light suddenly raised its arm and placed it flat in front of him.

"How about it, are you used to it?"

When Gou Wen, who had completed his mechanical ascension, was admiring his mechanical body, Luo Xiu also controlled the exoskeleton armor to take a step forward and walked in front of Gou Wen.

After hearing Luo Xiu's greeting, Gou Wen put down his robotic arm and turned his unfamiliar body to look at the solar system defense commander.

"not bad."

Gou Wen's original health could not be said to be terminally ill, but it could also be said that he was not going to die soon.

In this case, being able to obtain a mechanical body with basically unlimited energy and basically unlimited movement was a new life for Gou Wen.

Of course, after all, this is no longer his own body, and becoming a mechanical ascendant is still somewhat sad for Gou Wen.

The moment he became a mechanical ascendant, many of his bonds were already difficult to maintain.

"If genetic ascension and spiritual ascension can succeed, I believe that mechanical ascension will not be our first choice." Gou Wen said to Luo Xiu after controlling his mechanical body to walk around the room.

The reason why Gou Wen said this is because there has always been more than one study on 'immortality' in the solar system.

In addition to the mechanical ascension that the cruising fleet has been using, experiments on gene-based ascension are also being carried out through the optimization and transformation of genes to achieve unlimited reproduction of cells.

In addition to mechanical ascension and genetic ascension, the other ascension plan seems a bit vague. And this plan is a spiritual ascension that neither Starship humans nor Blue Star humans have any clue about.