As a mage, I just want to pursue the truth

Chapter 46 Completion of the development of artificial magic brain
There have been various records about super powers on Blue Planet since the beginning of recorded history.

No matter which civilization it is, it has its own myths and legends, and its own superpower system.

However, these stories and characters with super powers only exist in records or through word of mouth. Until the rise of science, rationalism gradually took over the human mind, and fewer and fewer people truly believed in the existence of super powers.

The true belief here does not mean that you like to read fantasy novels or watch fantasy movies, but that you firmly believe from the bottom of your heart that super powers must exist in this world.

In the modern world, surveillance cameras are omnipresent, and no high-definition photos of UFOs have been taken to this day, so there is no way to confirm the existence of aliens at Area 51.

Relying on his own network intrusion technology, Zheng Li searched through the internal databases of various governments, but found no evidence of the existence of super powers.

Perhaps there is some kind of physically isolated secret base where superpowers are quietly being researched.

He knew that when he regained his ability to cast spells, if Blue Star really had superpowers, he would naturally know it.

(The setting of this book is that Blue Star has no superpowers and will not transform into urban superpowers)

Regarding the nature of consciousness and matter, for centuries the distinctness of the material and spiritual worlds was taken for granted.

The ancient concept of material matter is inert obsessive thinking, and its essence is activity and consciousness.

Today, matter is viewed as a form of energy, and objects are viewed as dynamical clusters of elementary particles, each of which may be located in space only in a probabilistic sense. With this view of matter, one must avoid placing classical restrictions on what we consider possible properties and states of matter and physical systems in general.

The "mind" or "inner self" will refer to a number of states and processes that are generated or contributed to by internal brain structures. These processes include intention, consciousness, thought, and perception.

The term "consciousness" is not limited to the modern psychological definition but refers to self-awareness - awareness of feelings, thoughts, and certain other mental processes.

When people defined “life” a century ago, we could only list the range of activities associated with life (growth, reproduction, metabolism, movement, etc.).

Today we can explain and describe these activities in detail.

Zheng Li believes that with the development of science and technology, the people of Blue Star will discover the bridge between consciousness and reality, and explain and describe in detail the impact of consciousness on reality, just like people’s previous definition of life.

The essence of magic as understood by Zheng Li is to realize the transformation between dark matter and matter through the will of the wizard in order to achieve the effect of casting spells.

The artificial magic brain is the greatest invention of the Mage Alliance in the Third Age. It allows people without talent to have the ability to influence reality through will.

The Mage Alliance continued to optimize and research the magic brain in the following eras. By the time Zheng Li came to Blue Star, artificial magic brains had already been able to be industrialized on a large scale.

A small amount of resources is enough to equip every new intelligent life in the area covered by the Mage Tower with a magic brain.

Except for a few self-proclaimed noble mage academies that only recruit students with innate spellcasting abilities, the vast majority of mage academies treat everyone equally.

Zheng Li's goal is not only to manufacture a standard artificial magic brain, he needs to manufacture a Honeycomb Type II magic brain, which is much more difficult to manufacture than an ordinary standard magic brain.

After the embryo in the mother monkey was implanted into the magic brain, her physical signs showed stable reactions.

The graphics in front of him were simply the most beautiful pictures in the world. Zheng Li was fed up with the days without magic. It was like a modern person going back to ancient times and not having used a mobile phone for two years.

The signs of the experimental monkey embryo were not the same as before, and it remained in a very stable state until the next morning. Zheng Li knew that he had succeeded. After getting rid of the mother monkey, he knew that he only needed to follow the steps he had implemented before, create another honeycomb-shaped artificial magic brain, and then implant it into his body by injection.

Zheng Li did not waste any more time. Now, even if he did not sleep for three days and three nights, it would not have any effect on his body.

At twelve o'clock in the evening in Lion City, he started to make the magic brain.

Three days later, at the CS Biotech R&D Center in Singapore, Zheng Li took a tube of freshly prepared reagent and injected it into his own artery.

It will take time for the magic brain to mature and then combine with his brain. Finally, there will be some pain when the magic brain combines with the brain.

But the degree is not severe. At most, it is like a headache you get when you don’t get enough rest, with intermittent mild pain.

Zheng Li knew that all he had to do now was to wait, and also to prepare for the follow-up plans.

To transform Blue Star according to his own wishes, being just an entrepreneur is far from enough, he needs a completely new identity.

It takes about a month from the implantation of the magic brain to the birth of the spellcasting ability. During this month, Zheng Li, in addition to staying in the laboratory, also often strolled around the streets of Lion City.

After completing the most important thing, he finally had the time to take a good look at the human geography of Blue Star.

While Zheng Li was enjoying his rare leisure time in Lion City, Apple and CStone Biopharma signed a patent license for brain-computer connection.

The news that iPhone 13 will have brain-computer connection function spread on major social media in a short time.

Major foreign digital media are also talking about this, because internal sources said that the brain-computer-connected iPhone 13 will only be sold in Greater China.

iPhones sold in other parts of the world still have notch screens, and the industrial design has not changed since the iPhone X. At most, the screen and CPU are better.

Foreign netizens had the strongest reaction. They could not accept that the iPhone sold in China had such a big innovation compared to other regions. They said:
“Why are brain-computer-connected iPhones only sold in China?”

"This is discrimination against us. We also need an iPhone that can be controlled directly with the brain!"

"Are there any netizens in China? Can you help me buy the iPhone 13 when it comes out?"

"When China has already used brain-computer interfaces to connect iPhones, we are still stupidly tapping our phone screens with our fingers."

"What about Musk? Weren't you the biggest advocate of brain-computer connection before? Why can we only watch the Chinese use brain-computer connection to their phones?"

"We are fed up with the same old iPhone. If the next generation of iPhone is really as the media says, and only the iPhone sold in China has the brain-computer connection function, I will no longer buy an iPhone. And I will report Apple to the Federal Trade Commission!"

"I cannot accept that American, as Apple's largest profit source, has to endure Apple's different treatment."

Apple saw the strong reaction on social media, with many users saying they would not buy the iPhone 13 if it did not have the brain-computer connection feature. Apple CEO Cook personally came out to be interviewed by CNN.

(End of this chapter)