Chapter 362: Chapter 255: The Intelligence Brain Project (Part 2)

In the end, despair flickered in his eyes, and he closed them, murmuring: "You just said... her name is Qi Ling?"

Su Mo dragged Miyata Junren back and put him on the ground, asking: "Yes, what’s that mean?"

Miyata Junren laughed bitterly: "I knew it... thinking about it, this little bastard must have come for ’that matter’."

"She said it at the time... right in front of me... but I didn’t take it seriously..."

Su Mo was somewhat impatient: "I’ve heard enough riddles today, stop being a riddler and speak plainly."

Miyata Junren hung his head and suddenly laughed lowly, saying softly: "Director Su, let me ask you a question—have you ever thought of yourself as god-like?"

Su Mo kicked him: "I told you to stop being a riddler!"

Miyata Junren didn’t resist Su Mo’s kick, his tone still soft: "This question is the key to everything, tell me, have you thought about it?"

Su Mo: "No, everyone is human, where would gods come from in this world?"

Miyata Junren: "If you mean the gods from myths who created the heavens and the earth, then of course they don’t exist. But I mean gods who are beings surpassing normal humans, superhumans who are nearly perfect in every aspect."

Su Mo: "What does this have to do with what we are talking about?"

Miyata Junren: "Still haven’t figured it out? Qi Ling is such a human. She is the only living entity of Venus Eden Garden’s ’Origin Plan’."

The Origin Plan, another new term.

Su Mo: "Start from the beginning, what is this ’Origin Plan’?"

Miyata Junren: "You should know, sixty years ago, the World Government enacted the ’Artificial Baby Act’ in response to the population decline crisis, allowing for the artificial gestation of babies using artificial womb technology."

"This technology sounds advanced but it’s actually nothing because it does not change the essence of reproduction. The conditions of the newborns are inherited from the parent germ cells, and the children have mixed attributes."

"So back then we started wondering—is there a way to create a... perfect human artificially?"

Su Mo, combining his understanding of the technological level in the ’Dawn’ game, pondered for a moment and tentatively asked: "Gene editing technology?"

Miyata Junren nodded: "That’s right, we attempted to use gene editing technology, modifying, recombining, and optimizing the DNA of embryonic cells, eventually creating a perfect human."

"This is the ’Origin Plan’."

Su Mo: "But this kind of technology, let alone back then, isn’t fully mastered even now."

Miyata Junren: "Indeed, even the top researchers of Hegemony Company today wouldn’t claim to master every aspect of human gene expression, let alone us back then."

"So without me saying, you could foresee the complete failure of the Origin Plan."

"Thousands of gene-edited babies, some died at birth, others developed various genetic defects and diseases later on, dying gradually, none survived beyond infancy."

"Human genes are extremely difficult to control, even if you modify what seems to be a trivial piece, the consequences are often unforeseen."

"But 18 years ago, the Origin Plan had a twist, we nurtured an individual, she was called Zero."

"Zero..." Su Mo murmured.

In Qi Ling’s name, there’s a "Zero."

Miyata Junren continued his story: "Zero was extremely healthy from birth and later never showed any genetic disorder. She is perfect, do you understand what perfect means?"

"Her appearance is perfect, we customized a flawless face, combining advantages of various races, she will grow up to be extraordinarily beautiful, almost surreal."

"Her body is also perfect, immune to cancer, hypertension, cardiovascular diseases, etc., has strong resistance to various pathogenic bacteria and viruses, will never get sick."

"And the most terrifying is her brain... gene editing made her brain structure exceptionally developed, possessing far superior mental capabilities."

"She learns complex and profound knowledge quickly, and at the age of 12, she could perform synchronous calculations with her brain!"

"Tell me, does this kind of person still count as human? I don’t think so! To us mortals, she is the god created by technology!"

Su Mo pondered for a moment and asked: "By your account, the Origin Plan should have succeeded. Didn’t you create the perfect human?"

Miyata Junren hung his head, his mood dropping: "No, I said earlier, this is an accident."

"There are many uncontrollable variables in the gene editing process, even if we replicate a baby with Zero’s data, various problems occur due to some unknown reasons."

"Zero is just the unexpected appearing among countless errors, like God opening the door of truth, inadvertently glimpsed by us, and then closed forever."

"So, the Origin Plan failed. But we refused to accept its failure, so we challenged God, hence the second project—the Spiritual Brain Plan."

"We abandoned perfection beyond other aspects, no longer cared about appearance, physique, and health, focusing our research on one place."

Miyata Junren used his finger to point at his temple, saying two words: "Brain."

Su Mo: "You mean, Spiritual Brain modification?"

Miyata Junren shook his head: "It’s a technology more ambitious than Spiritual Brain modification, Intellectual Brain."

"Let me ask, Director Su, when did you peak in knowledge?"

Su Mo shrugged: "High school graduation, university was less intense, didn’t learn much substantial."

Miyata Junren: "So you, like everyone else, went through preschool, elementary, middle school, high school, and finally reached the peak in knowledge, right? Took over a decade."

Su Mo: "Hmm, roughly." 𝘧𝓇ℯ𝑒𝓌𝑒𝑏𝓃𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘭.𝒸ℴ𝓂

Miyata Junren: "Then imagine if one could reach this knowledge peak in just milliseconds, what revolution would the world undergo?"

Su Mo asked confusedly: "What do you mean?"

Miyata Junren: "Literal meaning, that’s what we researched, the Intellectual Brain technology—through brain-machine interface, enabling human brain and super chip integration."

"Someone with the Intellectual Brain doesn’t need traditional learning, all knowledge can be transmitted into consciousness in data form."

"Do you know what this means? We could compile all human knowledge into one file and directly embed it into a person’s mind."

"This person would know everything about the known world, physics, chemistry, math, biology, astronomy, geography... they would achieve top skills in any field, making the most senior doctoral professors in the Royal Academy look like ignorant children."

"And to achieve this, no need for prolonged learning, just a data cable connection and a mouse click."

"That’s the Intellectual Brain Plan I researched back then."

Su Mo squinted after hearing this.

If the technology Miyata Junren mentioned actually appeared, it would be a revolutionary change, with effects no less significant than Blood Codes, Prosthetics, or Spiritual Brains.

But according to the ’Dawn’ game plot, no force seems to have mastered this revolutionary technology, not heard of even.

Su Mo asked: "But in the end, you failed, didn’t you?"

Miyata Junren suddenly became agitated, his expression fierce: "No, no! Mind your words, I didn’t fail!"

"My research direction was correct, if followed my plan step by step, this technology could emerge! In fact, we were very close to success!"

"But because of one person, Zero, because of her, everything was destroyed!"

Miyata Junren took a deep breath and began narrating the earliest and final story.

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