Chapter 1353: 443. Tiny Shock_2
Under normal circumstances, pilots of Artificial Angels need to be cultivated from a young age.
At around the age of three, children are subjected to genetic screening and physical monitoring under the arrangement of the Archangel Group.
Those who meet the cultivation standards will be sent to the Archangel Group’s space station to acclimate to the toxicity of the Imitation Angel Cerebrospinal Fluid in advance.
This is an extremely cruel process that can be described as inhumane.
After all, human life is the cheapest currency within the Angel Enterprises Alliance.
Thanks to advanced biotechnology and an alarmingly low ethical baseline, the Alliance can manufacture infants as if on an assembly line.
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Basically, only 1% of infants meet the requirements for training as an Artificial Angel Pilot; the rest are processed for Recovery—this would be akin to the practices of a top-tier demonic sect in a world of immortals and martial artists.
The training program sheet that appeared in Cucumber Slice’s hands was carefully designed for adults like him.
The contents of the program sheet were shocking.
Every day, the Archangel Group would inject Cucumber Slice with two liters of Imitation Cerebrospinal Fluid to strengthen his resistance to the toxin.
High-intensity injections lead to a high mortality rate.
If things go as expected, Cucumber Slice’s Occupation Level will quickly drop to zero.
The character attributes provided by the Occupation Level would also be reduced, swiftly turning him into a weakling.
The Angel Enterprises Alliance has clearly uncovered some of the secrets of the “Undying.”
To prevent Cucumber Slice from losing Experience and attributes due to repeated deaths, the Archangel Group thoughtfully provides an Experience farming service.
The Group would deliver hoards of weak monsters to Cucumber Slice, allowing him to personally slaughter them and steadily gain massive Experience.
While slaying monsters and injecting Imitation Cerebrospinal Fluid, there was a high probability that Cucumber Slice wouldn’t lose levels and a small chance that his toxin resistance and Level would rise simultaneously. noveldrama
In the most ideal scenario, he could potentially max out the “Interstellar Warrior” Level and complete the Artificial Angel Pilot training program thanks to the Experience farming service provided by the Group.
That would be amazing, just like a dream.
Even Cucumber Slice, with his extensive experience, couldn’t help but be stunned by the Alliance’s generosity at this moment.
However, as a veteran researcher, Cucumber Slice realized after a brief moment of joy that things were not that simple.
He made some quick calculations.
The character attributes provided by “Intermediate Interstellar Warrior” were temporarily insufficient to withstand the toxin of the Potions.
If he were a “Senior Interstellar Warrior,” it might be possible.
In the United Bureau, there are probably around ten to twenty thousand Players registered as Senior Interstellar Warriors.
If these individuals were recruited by the Angel Enterprises Alliance and trained as Artificial Angel Pilots, wouldn’t the strength of the Alliance skyrocket?
More importantly, the plan that Cucumber Slice received did not mention coordinating with others to pilot an Artificial Angel.
That is to say, after completing his training, he would pilot an Artificial Angel alone, rather than pairing up and co-piloting like other pilots.
“It seems that the Angel Enterprises Alliance is on a spree of creating soldiers…”
Cucumber Slice pondered thoughtfully,
“First, they use the immortality of Players to cultivate pilots who can independently fly Artificial Angels. Then, combined with biotechnology, they clone these Players’ bodies or corpses and use electronic brain control over them. In this way, the Alliance can continuously produce pilots who can independently drive Artificial Angels. This kind of ingenious operation could only be performed by out-of-control AI; no wonder GM has asked me to join the Angel Enterprise Alliance for an in-depth investigation…”
Cucumber Slice imagined all this.
Well, then.
If Noland Lee could read Cucumber Slice’s thoughts in real-time, he would certainly give a thumbs up and praise the brilliance.
Merely by imagination, Cucumber Slice had nearly figured out the intentions of the Angel Enterprises Alliance, truly the mark of a seasoned Player.
“Ding ding ding…”
A message from a friend arrived.
Cucumber Slice opened it to see.
There were three messages in total.
The first one was from a team member stationed at the Magic Academy.
They reported the status of the day’s usual Tasks and also mentioned that someone on the forum was complaining about the Angel Enterprise Alliance.
Cucumber Slice replied briefly and then opened the second message.
This message was from Strawberry Juice.
Things were going smoothly on her end, and she was also quite lucky to have triggered a hidden Task.
Strawberry Juice sent over the details of the hidden Task and asked for Cucumber Slice’s opinion.
Cucumber Slice opened the details of the hidden Task to check.
Noland Lee, observing from behind the scenes, also saw the Task contents and his eyes lit up slightly.
The Task content was not complex.
It required Strawberry Juice to lead a search for a group of missing Synthetic Engineers.
According to the Task, these engineers were supposed to have completed a check on a certain satellite three days ago, then return to Metal Creation Group’s engineering Space Station within the United Bureau Territory.
But due to abnormalities in the Synthetic Human Main Control Chip, the Synthetic Engineers lost contact, and now Strawberry Juice needed to go for Recovery.
The Task details provided coordinates, which was the last known location of the ship piloted by the Synthetic Engineers.
These coordinates pointed to a star region rife with Star Thieves, an area where Metal Creation Group’s armed fleet could not enter conspicuously, so the task of searching for the engineers fell on Strawberry Juice.
After reading the details of the Task, Cucumber Slice decided to send teammates staying at the Magic Academy to go and support Strawberry Juice.