Electricity flickered and instantly filled his brain. Such a scene stirred Luo Nan's mind. He wanted to defend, but he didn't know where to start. His body went stiff by instinct. He only let out a sigh of relief when he discovered that the electricity did not penetrate the material plane. But a problem followed.
The external neuron …. What the hell was going on?
"Hey, don't let your imagination run wild. Don't scare people!" Brother Octopus slapped Luo Nan on the shoulder. Luo Nan's brain waves fluctuated violently from two seconds ago. It nearly made Brother Octopus believe that the drug ingredients had accidentally injured some of his nerves. He broke into a cold sweat on the spot.
Luo Nan composed himself and raised his hand in apology. "I'm sorry. It might be a stress reaction. Let me adjust a bit."
Actually, Luo Nan didn't even know what he said. Right now his brain was filled with the external neuron, but he was completely clueless. How could he calm down for a time?
"Are you sure you're fine?" Octopus was skeptical. He moved closer to the integrated interface of the device and looked at a few key pieces of data. He carefully considered the next dose.
"No …. Hiss. I'm really fine."
Luo Nan suddenly shivered. He shifted his gaze following this feeling and saw Rui Wen staring at him. Her pupils were deep. It was impossible to tell whether it was curiosity, concern, or pure observation.
Though the abnormal activity of the external neuron did not affect Luo Nan's brain tissues, it seemed to have caused some effects within Luo Nan's sealed system. Rui Wen was temporarily residing within the sealed system. Naturally, she could sense it.
And since it existed in the form of the Condensation Ring, it was the core link of the entire soul cloak. The corresponding fluctuations swept past all of Luo Nan's current monitoring regions.
Fortunately, the electricity of the external neuron was withdrawn as soon as it was released. It swept past the depths of Luo Nan's Polar Domain. Even though there were some slight vibrations and effects, they were transmitted through the layers of mental curtains. By the time it permeated into Luo Nan's Polar Domain, it was already weak to the point where it was hard for Luo Nan to detect it. It didn't cause any effects to the outside world.
Ever since he took the external neuron out of the flexible screen and allowed it to see the light of day once more, it had never been this agitated aside from the early 'active charging' phase.
What was the reason for this?
Luo Nan's eyebrows jumped. He really wanted to immediately pull that thing out and size it up before his eyes. But he also knew that he was in front of people, and he was in the middle of injecting the drug. Both inside and outside were under the monitoring of the device. It wasn't a good time to investigate in detail.
After thinking about it for a while, he forced his eyes shut. However, the drowsiness had long been crushed by the medicine. Under his slightly trembling eyelids, it was even more difficult for him to calm down.
Left with no other choice, he could only silently recite the sixteen words of "My heart's a prison" and combine it with the internal training technique taught by Gym Master Xiu to forcefully calm his emotions and enter a meditative state.
The cultivation during this period of time was still useful. About a minute later, he gradually calmed down and entered a semi-meditative state. The external neuron didn't "go haywire" again. Just like most of the time, it fell into a long period of standby.
Time passed quickly. When Luo Nan opened his eyes again, he was woken up by Octopus's slap. In reality, Octopus's palm was still ten centimeters away from his shoulder when Luo Nan raised his eyes. This gave Octopus a fright.
"How did you sleep?"
"I didn't sleep."
Luo Nan spoke the truth. He was in a semi-meditative state, but his perception of the outside world remained sharp. He stared extremely closely at the vast surroundings that were covered by the soul cloak. Instead, he ignored the area around his body, whether intentionally or unintentionally. He indirectly ignored the meaning of himself. It was as if he was dreaming a wanton flowing dream.
This was a small technique he had learned without a teacher from the theory of overall planning. It allowed a portion of the cerebral cortex to obtain rest. Under the general background of the strong stimulation of the entire cerebral cortex by the medicine, this sort of 'rest' was even more rare and precious.
Luo Nan couldn't care less about this small improvement right now. He waited for the infusion time to end, and several monitoring instruments left his body. He immediately focused his mind into the depths of his brain and locked onto the external neuron.
However, three hours passed, and the brilliant light that flickered on the plane of nothingness didn't show any visible changes. It still existed in the state of the Condensation Ring. It hung in the void of his brain where the material plane and the mental plane intersected.
Luo Nan pondered for a moment, and he suddenly came to a realization. He subconsciously tightened his grip on the loose-leaf notebook in his hand. His consciousness wasn't idle either. He brought up the system interface corresponding to the external neuron.
Then he saw the gray icon of the visualization diagram on the main interface, which had been stagnant for two months. There was a slight change in brightness now. When Luo Nan's consciousness concentrated, the icon's download progress had already silently risen by a chunk. It went from a seemingly unchanging 9.99% to 10.5%.
Should he express his happiness?
Actually, this wasn't the most eye-catching change on the interface. What was truly eye-catching was that a new icon had appeared on the side of the gray visualization diagram.
It was a complete structure made up of complex yet clear lines. It was a simplified diagram of the outline of the human brain.
The entire diagram appeared to be in a transparent state, with only clear and distinct lines filling in the gaps of the 'inner region' of the diagram. A few specks of star-like burning points dotted the gaps. There were also lines connecting them. At first glance, it looked very much like an ancient constellation diagram. It also looked a bit like the Life Sketches that Luo Nan's consciousness described.
The most important thing was that this virtual brain icon was colored.
The bright white lines displayed information that was completely different from the gray icon next to it. This' app 'was already in the' download complete 'state. It could be opened at any time.
Octopus waved his hand in front of Luo Nan's eyes. "You're fine right? Get up and walk a few steps?"
Luo Nan shook his head. He didn't say anything and closed his eyes again. He didn't care about anything else. He just poured his thoughts into the virtual brain icon. The interface opened in an instant.
In an instant, the scene of deep space filled his senses. Since it was on the mental plane, the feeling was more intense than any special effects blockbuster. It had already reached or even surpassed the effects of virtual reality. Luo Nan felt as if he had instantly fallen into the empty outer space. The specks of starlight dotted the extreme distance, further fueling his feeling of nothingness and weightlessness.
This feeling wasn't bad, but the warning pop-up window hurt the atmosphere. Especially in a situation where he couldn't understand it at all … … A translucent panel suddenly appeared in front of him. Complex yet orderly words appeared on the panel.
It was called words because it clearly had the special structural rules of hieroglyphics. Moreover, the rules were strict. It clearly possessed some sort of writing standard. But Luo Nan didn't recognize a single word of the rules, the rules, and the standards.
At best, he had a few guesses about some of the structures. He was a bit familiar. For example, the only options on the panel were probably 'confirm', 'agree', or 'continue' and the like.
Luo Nan stared blankly at this panel for a few seconds. Countless seemingly reasonable yet absurd thoughts flashed through his mind. His thoughts subconsciously touched it again, and the panel immediately disappeared. His point of view also changed.
A virtual brain icon similar to the app icon appeared in the starry sky. Under the contrast of the scenery in outer space, the Virtual Brain's first impression was that it was a half-transparent planet. The 'star map' that included it had become much more complicated, too. There seemed to be some indescribable mysteries hidden in it.
This virtual brain planet rotated noiselessly in deep space. As it rotated, Luo Nan saw a satellite orbiting it.
Uh, it wasn't a satellite. At least it didn't look like one. That should be …. It should be a spaceship in outer space.
Its volume was about a tenth the size of the virtual brain. Its overall lines appeared very slender and graceful. It had a pleasing design. It was like a high-level spaceship that could roam in outer space.
Luo Nan wasn't a military enthusiast, but he knew that only the Earth's Aerospace Forces could equip a spaceship like this. Only super-rich people who liked to roam in outer space would purchase one.
Why did this toy suddenly appear? It couldn't be a spaceship design game, right?
Another orbiting 'satellite' appeared before he could finish his thought.
Uh ….
Luo Nan looked at the pitch-black exoskeleton armor and turned around. Let's not talk about its design. Just by looking at its volume, it was only slightly smaller than a spaceship in the entire interface. It felt super massive. It gave off an awkward feeling of discordant proportions.
Only now did he suddenly realize something. Don't say that it was discordant. In the end, this was just an app. It was some sort of UI interface. Perhaps this app was similar to the Observation Platform on Gear's side. It was also a control center.
Logically speaking, it controlled two resources. One was the exoskeleton, and the other was the spaceship in outer space ….
What the hell!
Luo Nan had never seen this sort of exoskeleton armor before. He had never seen this sort of spaceship either. There was absolutely no such thing in his surroundings.
He probingly touched it with his telepathic thoughts. A clear feeling of sluggishness was fed back, allowing Luo Nan to probe a step further. The two 'satellites' were both in an unreadable state.
All right, this was quite reasonable.
Luo Nan turned his telepathic thoughts to the central virtual brain planet. This time there was a response … … Another translucent pop-up window popped out.
It was still a paragraph of unintelligible text. But this time, two options appeared below the text. The form was quite clear:
One was the selected state. The other was the unselected state.
Luo Nan had often seen these sorts of options using normal logic. There was a high probability of one being 'yes' and one being 'no'.
The question was, what was it? What was it that was' no '?
Though the interface gave him options, Luo Nan didn't have much leeway to choose. At best, he could flip a coin. Oh, he could also decide whether to choose now or to choose later.
Luo Nan chose the latter.
After all, now wasn't the best time to delve deeper. He had been in a daze for far too long. Octopus already wanted to put a new device on him.
"I'm fine."
"If you're fine, then why are you fainting?"
"Who's fainting? Doesn't internal vision take time? A machine might crash when it does a self-examination, let alone the nervous system. "
Luo Nan stood up and moved his waist and legs a bit. He didn't see any changes, except for the brand new human-computer interface that had already been engraved into his brain.
Qin Yikun raised his hand to indicate to him at this time. On his hand was the wristband that Luo Nan had taken off before injecting the drug. This toy buzzed and vibrated. The caller displayed was none other than Mo Ya.
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