Infinite Terror: Infinite Reversal

Chapter 601 Similarities and Differences
"Have the component analysis results been obtained?"

Upon hearing Zhang Jie's question, Liu Xi sighed silently.

Technical professionals will face these questions everywhere: Can you do this? What kind of assistance do you need (although you'll likely have to do it yourself)? How are you progressing?
This question was already raised by Zhang Jie when Tex Conway publicly humiliated him in front of a global audience. It can only be said that Zhang Jie has some misunderstandings about the analytical capabilities of True Insight Vision… Quantification, analysis, and modification are all capabilities of True Insight Vision, but all three are based on the numerical level. To arrive at conclusions that others can understand, other methods must be used in conjunction.

Even when working with deep networks, Liu Xi still needs to write some programs herself; otherwise, modifications at the digital level alone are insufficient to fully achieve the goal.

After seeing the white, soft-bodied creature, Liu Xi analyzed a lot of data, but further research was needed to draw conclusions. So, she once again locked herself in a closed room and had the Central Continent team, through the Allied Nations, bring over various biochemical analysis instruments from this world. Whether it was due to her already excellent intelligence in the real world or the added benefit of her advanced three-eyed race bloodline, Liu Xi didn't spend too much time familiarizing herself with the instruments and immediately began analyzing.

Even so, it took her almost a whole day to complete all the detectable items under the current technological level, including those from Zhongzhou Team Technology.

"The analysis is complete and has already been transmitted to Sakura. You can take a look for yourselves," Liu Xi said calmly. "The wording in the report is already quite simple. If you really can't understand it, just ask Matsumoto. I have other things to do."

As she spoke, she switched the computer to an administrator interface. This account had the highest level of access to the deep network, which was far more legitimate than the one Zhang Jie had created by possessing someone and manually creating it.

The only irregularity is that this account isn't in the hands of those cyber beings.

Others in the Central Continent Team might not consider these things, but now she had to think more... The Celestials were about to arrive, and she needed to eliminate any potential destabilizing factors within the organization. This account had no real meaning until the deep network across the United States was destroyed... until yesterday, when problematic figures within the United States were purged and the deep network's tentacles to the outside were severed, and only then was the account truly complete.

After parsing, replicating, stripping, or transplanting the permissions of countless cybernetic life forms, the account's permission level was expanded to its theoretical maximum. However, for a network powerful enough to rule the Earth, internal permissions are clearly not everything... The key focus for Liu Xi was to determine how many things were connected to external communications.

The method for finding this account is to compare it with the account of the person with the highest level of privileges in the deep network, which has been isolated by Zhang Jie... The extra information on the other party is worth analyzing.

Oh, the other side is missing a function, which is the internal network information transmission function that Liu Xi removed. This way, they can hear less of those desperate threats.

Fortunately, the Zhongzhou team members were very capable and had no difficulty reading the analysis report, which allowed Liu Xi to concentrate... Ten hours later, she came to a conclusion.

"Interesting, the same transmission method as that DATA EXPUNGED. But the current transmission rate is a thousand times weaker than when Zhang Jie fought the DATA EXPUNGED... Is the reason really the mental fluctuations in outer space that Zhang Jie detected? But we can't be careless. Although the transmission rate is low, there is still a possibility that various backdoors in the Deep Network can be activated, and we still need to completely block them."

While Liu Xi was taking final precautions, the members of the Zhongzhou team were half-idling and half-pondering over Liu Xi's analysis report and Dr. Matsumoto's annotated version.

“This thing should be the aliens we’re facing, but logically speaking, can this be called a celestial being?” Zheng Zha asked doubtfully, pointing to the printed model placed to the side. “I’d be more convinced if you said it was a parasite.”

Cheng Xiao shrugged: "Isn't that because we were conquered?"

Zhang Jie frowned and said, "Don't focus on this part... Can we discuss something more substantial?"

“Isn’t Liu Xi still analyzing deep networks? There’s no one else to discuss this with now,” Zheng Zha said, shrugging.

As soon as he finished speaking, all the team members, including Luo Gandao, turned their attention to him.

"What are you looking at me doing?"

Zhang Jie chuckled: "Can you perform that again?" "Perform which one?" Zheng Zha had just asked when he realized what everyone meant. He sighed, then his expression changed, and he reached out to touch the bridge of his nose.

This was a novel and impressive ability for a newcomer, so Luo Gandao and Xie Yu, who were present, stared at him intently.

Zheng Zha took the report that had been sent to him, quickly flipped through it, and made sure he hadn't missed any information... Speaking of which, after imitating Mu Xiang's way of thinking, he actually questioned his memories as a fourth-tier powerhouse? Zheng Zha thought to himself, and then fell into a three-second silence.

"No, the issue of body shape... is indeed worth considering."

The newcomers were still in shock and doubt, while the veterans were already listening intently... Zheng Zha in this state was probably the most reliable when not in combat.

“What Cheng Xiao said earlier is correct. It’s not surprising that after being conquered, the sect leader would be given a powerful name. Of course, this name could also be the other party’s self-designation; that’s how it would be translated into Earth’s language.” Zheng Zha touched the bridge of his nose. “Back to the previous question, why are you so sure this is a Celestial?”

He spread his report on the table and pointed to a page: "Genetic testing showed that it has a considerable amount of human genes. You may have heard the joke that humans and bananas have a 60% genetic similarity, or some say 50%, but that's just an inaccurate joke."

"That's why I say it's not rigorous." Zheng Zha gestured for everyone to look at a chart in the report. "What does similarity mean? Components? Arrangement? Products? These are all indicators for measuring genes. Human and banana genes are similar in terms of homologous genes. Boasting about this similarity is pointless, since we are both organisms on Earth."

“However, the similarity between this thing and Earthling genes is that they are completely similar in certain parts… To give an analogy, it’s like transplanting Earthling genes into another organism.” Zheng Zha shrugged. “The compatibility and selective expression involved are very complex. As for how complex they are, you can look at Dr. Matsumoto’s notes. I’m just repeating these terms.”

Zhao Yingkong suddenly spoke up: "So... rather than thinking of this as a parasitic biological weapon of the Celestials, it's better to think of it as some form of the Celestials?"

Zheng Zha snapped his fingers: "Correct. Doesn't this thing have a very peculiar structure inside? Similar to the human brain, it contains switches that regulate genes... Those genes that we can't fully analyze yet should be the ones that the Celestials stole from other civilizations. In other words, the Celestials who fought against the Earthlings of this world fifty years ago were most likely not in this form. What we see now is their form lurking on Earth."

Luo Gan asked curiously, "I have a question, I'm just curious... Choosing to express genes and switching forms... does that mean they can transform into human form?"

Zheng Zha nodded without hesitation: "That's right, this corroborates the records from Dongda University."

"Then is it possible for them to unlock their genetic potential?" Logan asked doubtfully, his meaning clear: "If so, their overall level of piloting mechs will definitely be stronger than the mechanical dragons that are currently undergoing temporary training."

Zheng Zha remained silent for a long time, then shook his head: "It's highly unlikely that this is the case, otherwise there would be a complete lack of records, right? This Celestial Being parasitizing Teks Conway also shows no signs of unlocking its genetic lock... If they could unlock it, the individuals stationed in key figures on Earth wouldn't be those that haven't unlocked it."

"Speaking of which, this guy definitely had plans to escape, but he couldn't even get out of the jar before Liu Xi tore him apart from a distance... Otherwise, I'd like to try out that gene lock catalyst." Zheng Zha chuckled. "Anyway, Mu Xiang said there's an endless supply of these catalysts, right?"

Zhang Jie fell into deep thought… Luo Gandao’s question was not without merit. Even if the Celestials couldn’t unlock their genetic locks yet, they must be trying to do so; otherwise, the true rulers of this Earth wouldn’t be so wary of them. The guard against human genetic locks and the yearning for their own genetic locks are not contradictory.

Moreover, from his perception, the white soft-bodied creature that had been torn apart... possessed a spiritual entity that was stronger than any non-humanoid creature he had ever seen.

This kind of spiritual entity... seems completely out of place in a creature of this form. And its spiritual entity is also closely related to the outer space spiritual field that it had previously torn apart.

The mechanical dragons of this world are battling mutated creatures emerging from the sea; this is a bit of pre-battle training for them, and also to create some atmosphere. Zhang Jie knows that the Celestial Fleet is not far away either.

(End of this chapter)