Comprehensive network wizard, magic emperor.

Chapter 244 Ascension Plan
The night was still long, and the Tower Dragon continued to try to upgrade its avatar, constantly absorbing the neural network architecture of more intelligent life forms. It began to challenge the most powerful intelligent beings, and the losers would offer up the source code of their neural networks.

While monitoring the network attack and defense battle between the White Dragon and the intelligent agents, Lin Bo searched for information and documents related to "mental structure" in the product list of the comprehensive network trading platform.

While studying the "Babel Remains Painting Collection", Lin Bo's data avatar in the electronic universe was transformed into a machine soul form by the knowledge fragments, which unexpectedly triggered the progress of the paradigm mission.

Based on the prophetic messages left by the ancient master Zhenming, it is inferred that there are roughly three steps to ascending to the status of an ancient saint: reshaping the body, forging the spirit, and condensing the holy embryo.

Previously, Lin Bo's only clue was about reshaping his body. The fragile and easily broken mortal body probably could not support a life form that surpassed that of dragons, so the prerequisite for ascension was to shed the old physical form.

He considered using enchanted equipment made from alchemical materials to replace all his organs and tissues.

This approach has precedents, and Lin Bo was able to find a large amount of reference material on the comprehensive network, making it highly feasible. All the internal organs, bones, muscles, blood, brain, and so on, can be replaced with different kinds of alchemical materials.

Depending on the properties of the selected materials, countless alchemical bodies can be created, all of which can greatly improve certain attributes of the player, resulting in a leap in overall combat and survivability.

This type of profound transformation process is also known as "alchemical ascension".

Mature alchemical ascension programs are generally very expensive. Customized modification services on the comprehensive network platform, even the entry-level alchemical body costs one million disaster coins, and the upper limit is even higher, with modification programs costing tens of millions or hundreds of millions, which can transform the dilapidated house of a mortal into a space warship that can roam the starry sea.

Seeing the prices of these service packages, even the wealthy Lin Bo could only manage a poor smile.

Since there's no money to buy customized finished products, then research the technical process, gradually refine the necessary materials, and perform self-modification surgery; this will greatly reduce the required disaster currency.

Moreover, if one relies on others on the path to ascension, there may be hidden dangers. It is more prudent and reliable to be diligent and take it one step at a time.

Besides alchemical ascension, other paths of power such as mechanics, genes, psionic energy, and primordial energy all have one or more corresponding transformation schemes that can achieve a complete metamorphosis.

Lin Bo studied other paths to ascension and was also considering a suitable physical structure for a True Name Mage.

He was greatly inspired while reading books and materials related to genetic advancement.

By editing and modifying genetic information, organisms can acquire specific traits and functions. Some online gamers choose to integrate the bloodlines of powerful creatures into their genes to gain extraordinary talents and powers.

Genetic advancement is flexible in its applications, has unlimited potential, and doesn't have a high technical threshold. Lin Bo already has the tools to support his gene research.

While studying materials on gene editing technology, he noticed the similarity between biological genetic information and programming code.

Genetic material is like a library, storing a large number of blueprints. Each blueprint determines the structure of a protein, and the orderly combination and operation of multiple proteins constitute cells, form organs, and create the biological body.

These proteins are like electronic programs, each performing different functions. Genetic information is like the source code.

The ability to "understand everything" allows Lin Bo to comprehend the meaning of genetic code. Some genetic information can be used to make proteins, while others perform other functions.

This is an exquisite system, a microscopic organic universe, more complex and diverse than the world of computers.

Although Lin Bo didn't know the real names of tiny substances like proteins and bases, their names must be contained within the biological names. As long as he could sense these microscopic structures—for example, by placing a cell slice under a microscope and seeing the light refracted by proteins—he could manipulate them by reciting the biological names and then shape the cell structure at will. However, the efficiency would likely be extremely low, far less useful than a gene weaver.

Lin Bo's real idea was to replace genetic information with magical incantations and organic matter with alchemical materials, combining the two to create a "concept cell".

The source code of the incantation can forcibly shape various materials into specific structures through magical power, just like proteins. Organs and tissues composed of these proteins can perform corresponding functions, and the constructed body can naturally support life activities.

This is a new method of transformation, or what could be called "enchanted ascension".

Ideas can be bold, and it's good for a spellcaster to be innovative, but Lin Bo also saw the difficulties involved.

The sheer volume of genetic information to be replaced by magical runes would require extremely lengthy incantations. Given the cognitive abilities of the human brain, it would likely take a mage decades or even centuries of painstaking work, a task that would be nothing short of a lifelong dedication.

However, using computers to assist is not very effective, because the power words cannot be recorded into electronic memory, and the patterns captured by the camera will spontaneously become corrupted, making the content unrecognizable.

Even if the runes are broken down into individual primordial strokes, they will be unaffected by the power of miracles, but the deduction efficiency will still be very poor.

Lin Bo did indeed want to forge his own path, but he was hampered by insufficient computing power. Therefore, he decided to settle for second best and attempt alchemy ascension.

However, the situation has now changed.

The "spiritual deity" in the three steps of ascension has become clear. The "mechanical intelligence" characteristic of Lv4 of "Mechanical Soul Destiny Calculation Manual" can be regarded as a kind of "spiritual deity" structure. The "mechanical intelligence" running in the Lighthouse Network can greatly improve the mage's mental calculation power.

Having learned what "spirit god" roughly refers to, Lin Bo quickly looked up other types of mental structures. Such concepts are also quite widespread in the multiverse, and various civilizations have methods for cultivating mental structures, especially the Eastern lineage.

The trader from the Ochi Rose Garden, [Toshurus], recommended that he perform psionic surgery to create a secondary mind that could help players make the most of their free time. This was one such mind construction scheme.

Psionicists are masters of this art and can provide a variety of transformation services.

A common example is the "Spirit Crystal Servant," a small construct that can be created by cutting off a fragment of personality and injecting it into a magic crystal, thus obtaining a useful helper who maintains a mental connection with the host year-round.

The popular Spirit Crystal Servants on the Internet are often modified, for example, into miniature optical computers that can provide computing services.

The most famous aspect of the Eastern lineage is its two advanced mental structures.

One of them is called "Primordial Spirit," which is formed by high-level cultivators through exquisite and arduous cultivation, allowing their minds to be sublimated and transformed.

The other is called "Heavenly Demon," a colorless and formless evil consciousness with computing power as exaggerated as a computer. It is often captured by great cultivators and used as artificial intelligence.

Lin Bo plans to study the structure of the spirit god while simultaneously upgrading the "Mechanical Soul Destiny Calculation Manual" to Lv4 as soon as possible. With the mechanical intelligence attribute, both developing enchantment ascension and conceiving the spirit god will be more efficient and faster.

(End of this chapter)