Chapter 511 - Chapter 511: Chapter 511: The Buried Secret (Part 4) (1/2)

Chapter 511: Chapter 511: The Buried Secret (Part 4)

The snippet of information shared towards the end of the video is quite revealing.

“Predator,” “Ultimate Predator,” “Mutational limit of blood-eating creatures,” “Unexplored domains,” “Carbon-based life,” these keywords alone could be interpreted to reveal plenty of information.

This concept of a “Predator” has never appeared in any of Academician Shen’s documents so far—at least not in any of the ones that Alice has transferred and he has reviewed. It’s highly possible that this concept has been created by Mr. Liang based on his own understanding.

Simply judging from the term “Predator,” it is clear that the relationship between “blood-eating creatures,” as perceived by Mr. Liang, revolves around the dynamics of predation – a cycle of hunting and being hunted, mirroring the relationship between food and predator, hinting at the survival of the fittest.

Of course, based on the “mutant creatures” Xiang Kun has encountered thus far, due to the existence of the “phase limit” defined in Academician Shen’s documents, once the mutation reaches a certain stage, ordinary creature’s blood can no longer satiate the need, so blood from other “mutants” is required. Consequently, a predation relationship would form among the “mutant creatures.”

As for the term “Ultimate Predator,” in conjunction with its description, and in line with various documents from Academician Shen, Xiang Kun believes it is likely pointing towards the “mysterious power” mentioned by Academician Shen.

Academician Shen has mentioned that the so-called “Mysterious Power” could potentially be a higher form of existence than the “blood-eating creatures.” In contrast, Mr. Liang defined it directly with the term “Ultimate Predator.”

Although the term includes the intense sounding word “ultimate,” making it seem invincible, in reality, it places the Ultimate Predator on the same plane as other “blood-eating creatures,” transforming it from an unknown and elusive existence into another “species,” albeit a stronger one.

Taking into account what Xiang Kun has seen so far – Mr. Liang’s documentation on his status, various related new compound materials used for “components,” and his mutation guiding concepts:

The plan Mr. Liang designed to “break through the Ultimate Predator’s net” involves a forceful alteration of his own carbon-based biological essence.

Apparently, Mr. Liang believes that the reason why the “Ultimate Predator” can stealthily kill other creatures, causing “blood-eating creatures” to collapse and disintegrate, is directly related to the carbon compounds present in living organisms. Escaping from carbon-based existence is the key to breaking the “net.”

In view of this, the tasks Mr. Liang has his research staff at “Divine Technology” perform in their secretive department becomes elucidating – he is constructing a “plug-and-play” “plugin” for himself, blending technology with mutation, and through this, transforming his own carbon-based biological nature.

Xiang Kun knew that nearly all known organisms on Earth being carbon-based life forms was not just a coincidence of evolution, but a result determined by the characteristics of the four valency electrons in carbon atoms and the Earth’s environment.

Previous conjectures posited silicon-based life forms. Like carbon, silicon can also form four chemical bonds, therefore, theoretically, what carbon can do, silicon should also be capable of.

However, the truth is, under Earth’s environmental conditions, silicon really cannot achieve what carbon can.

Complex molecules based on silicon are highly prone to breaking, too brittle to form viable cell structures, while carbon is just right—neither too active leading to easy decomposition, nor too stable preventing plasticity and adaptability.

Other element-based life form ideations also pose various issues, generally unable to replace carbon-based life, at least not under current Earth conditions.

According to the information Alice unearthed, the research Mr. Liang had the staff of “Divine Technology” carry out involved not just a large amount of silicon compounds basedon biological components but also a small number of ammonia, boron, and iron-based biological components. But they did not resolve the relevant defects. Just based on this research, there was no actual application value.

But it is apparent that when Mr. Liang was applying it on himself, he found a solution.

Xiang Kun remembered when he was at Wushu Mountain — after Mr. Liang entered his invisibility status, his flight device also turned invisible. Those were his “plug-and-play” style biological components, “tech equipment” only Mr. Liang could operate.

However, in the video and related documents, Mr. Liang did not explicitly detail the methods or operations through which he utilized these biological components. This fell short when compared to Academician Shen’s documents.

If this were really a “handover video,” then Xiang Kun could only rate it a 5.

Continuing to flip through, despite Mr. Liang’s documents being quite capricious and rough, Xiang Kun still had a general idea of Mr. Liang’s biological component system, and what new functions they added to him or were still in development — many functions were actually derived from the “mutant creatures” he captured.