Chapter 146 Big Data Analysis

Suren heard the mental exchange from the entity earlier, a thoughtful expression flitting across his face.

This was the capital city of Caberton, and he had never doubted the strength of the Mafa Empire.

Although the Celestial Race's Saint Son, Frank, was strong, he wouldn't necessarily be able to run rampant here alone.

No matter what that guy came here to do, now that he was discovered in advance, there was bound to be a fierce battle.

But these were all matters for Mafa to worry about now.

Suren was more curious about whether the one who had conversed with him mentally was truly the "Library Ghost"?

If it really was Grandmaster Lucien Pepys, the founder of the Mechanical Alchemist Guild who died over a hundred years ago, that would be very interesting.

Clearly, Duola, who was sitting opposite him, had also received the news, and looked quite surprised.

She glanced at Suren, not expecting her teacher to meet with an outsider, but without hesitation, she said solemnly, "My teacher asks that you come with me."

Suren didn't ask any more questions and nodded. "Okay."

...

It seemed that Frank had come to the library to look for something too, but now that the mysterious big shot had spoken, it was no longer Suren's concern.

The three of them left their seats discreetly.

With Duola leading the way, they walked through the library and descended a hundred meters via a technologically advanced elevator.

Several underground levels were public areas, but further down were the academy's laboratories.

Suren also sensed the surrounding space along the way.

The Mafa Royal Library didn't have many old things; most were high-precision mechanical products. The technology researched in the laboratories here was quite futuristic, with mechanical products decades ahead of the market.

Suren saw some strange laboratories along the way and also noticed something special about the overall structure. This underground space didn't seem to be just a laboratory but more like a massive war machine.

Suren guessed that this must be a top secret of Mafa, so he didn't ask any questions.

Duola's identity card had high clearance, and he and Number Nineteen followed her all the way down.

Reaching the bottom floor of the elevator, they passed through layers of restrictions and thought they had reached the end, but Duola led them to an alloy wall.

Seeing the space alchemy array lit up on the alloy wall, Suren's eyes narrowed slightly. "Folding space technology?"

Clearly, crossing this space gate meant he was about to face that mysterious existence.

Crow-Dada, who was asleep in his hat, didn't make a sound. After sensing the space couldn't trap him, Suren followed Duola inside without any change in expression.

With another look, the scene before him changed.

He had stepped into a cyberpunk laboratory filled with various advanced instruments.

That one small step seemed to have traversed decades.

Suren immediately realized that he seemed to have discovered some incredible secret.

Even though he felt that his Little Void Realm already had some of the best research equipment in the world, looking at this place made him feel like he had fallen behind by a whole era.

However, equipment was secondary.

What surprised him the most was the "biological brain" he saw as soon as he entered, immersed in a yellow-green nutrient solution and connected to various tubes!

The brain was a sphere nearly two meters in diameter and clearly not human.

It was hard to imagine how huge a creature would have such a brain.

The moment Suren entered, the All-Knowing Eye identified the name.

[Isaac the Godslayer · Lucien]

Detailed explanation: The brain of a Nightmare Unicorn, an alchemical transplant carrying the consciousness of Lucien Pepys. This is a special biomechanical lifeform.

This… it was actually a transplant?

Seeing this scene, Suren was surprised and immediately knew what the alchemical transplant recorded in the Isaac manuscript held by the Mafa royal family was!

He also instantly understood what was going on with this library.

…

Just as Suren and the others walked in, a voice echoed in the laboratory, "Little friend's knowledge is much broader than I expected… The composure you display makes me feel that you can understand my existence better than most people."

This time it wasn't mental communication, but spoken words.

There was no one else here, so the one speaking was naturally the brain.

Number Nineteen on the side looked expressionless, but she was already shocked.

The more one understood mechanical technology, the more magical it seemed.

This didn't seem like technology from this era because its existence was beyond comprehension.

Seeing this, a strange look flashed in Suren's eyes. Although he had identified it, he still asked the brain, "Senior, are you Grandmaster Lucien Pepys?"

The voice didn't deny it but replied, "That's not quite accurate. The consciousness of Lucien Pepys is me, but I am not Lucien. I would rather say that I am a… new biomechanical lifeform whose consciousness has been replicated into this alchemical transplant."

Suren asked doubtfully, "A biomechanical lifeform?"

He had seen descriptions of such special existences in some ancient books, from some magical mechanical civilizations in the past.

But he had never understood how machines could generate consciousness or how they could be called lifeforms.

Was it like steel becoming sentient?

It all seemed a bit outrageous.

But now seeing this brain, Suren felt like he understood something.

The voice seemed to say again, "As you see it. The alchemist Lucien's body has already died. I possess his complete consciousness, but I am not him. The Godslayer transplant you see is only part of my body. I can't explain this principle to you yet; this is also the field I am researching."

Hearing this, Suren's mind raced.

So, the "Library Ghost" really was this person.

He gave some pointers to those genius young mechanics, which led to various legends.

The voice probably wanted to clear Suren's doubts, so he explained further, "I once discovered a goblin alchemy civilization ruin with Quinton J. Harris, which contained records of ancient mechanical races. One of the branches of alchemy pointed to mechanical life, which was essentially similar to ‘alchemical constructs.’ Those discoveries opened up new ideas for me. My weak body made me see the limits of the human body. So, from then on, this became the direction of my life's research…"

"Oh?"

Hearing this, Suren thought of Pandora and vaguely understood something.

He listened carefully to the story of the Mechanical Empire overthrowing the old Mafa Empire.

Two powerful alchemists discovered ancient mechanical ruins and then created the current Mechanical Empire based on them.

Hearing it from the person involved made it feel even more legendary.

He spoke of those unknown secrets.

This "Lucien" then said, "But the development of mechanical alchemy technology requires the support of massive computing power, especially after reaching a high level. Basic equipment like steam difference engines can no longer meet the needs. Fortunately, fate favored me, and I accidentally obtained an alchemical manuscript from Sir Isaac. That imaginative demigod predecessor created a magical alchemical transplant that allowed humans to possess super-strong thinking abilities that could break through their own brainpower. It also made it possible for this alchemical era to develop mechanical technology."

He paused for a moment. "As you see, this brain is the brain of a demigod-level beast, the Nightmare Unicorn, that I found in a dream cursed space. It has a computing power ten million times that of humans…"

Suren also showed a moment of understanding.

So, the establishment of the Mechanical Empire had a direct connection to the Godslayer manuscript left by Sir Isaac?

He had previously thought about Mafa, and that technological breakthroughs must be supported by certain conditions.

Luyin hadn't kept up, not only due to political ignorance and backwardness, but also fundamentally lacking the key "hardware" to support a technological explosion.

Now, he finally roughly understood what the brain immersed in the nutrient tank was.

Listening to the explanation, it could be completely understood as a super biological computer dominated by human consciousness!

…

While Luyin was still using those large and clumsy steam difference engines, Mafa already had biological computers?

No wonder the technological gap was so large.

"What truly magical alchemy…"

Suren sighed in his heart, also knowing that he had come into contact with Mafa's top secrets.

His brain was also thinking.

What was this person's motive for saying so much?

Lucien didn't explain much. "Explaining this process would be too complicated. In short, I am now just a not-fully-successful biomechanical lifeform. Apart from my disciple Duola, even the entire Mafa doesn't fully know about my existence, which exceeds the scope that people of this era can understand. If you are interested, I can tell you more stories. However, the most urgent thing is to deal with that Saint Son of the Celestial plane above."

Suren pondered for a moment and asked, "What can I do?"

Before coming, he had guessed that this would be the case.

Lucien: "I need all the information you know about the Celestial Race. If I am not mistaken, you should have awakened that extremely rare god-level talent, S-004 Death Harvester. I have no malice towards you; it's just that I've lived long enough to know more than others. Of course, I will pay enough for this information."

Suren wasn't too surprised that this Lucien guessed his talent.

The Death God phantom was such an obvious symbol, and those who had heard of it would naturally know.

The person in front of him, even a hundred years ago, was a top powerhouse in the field of alchemy, so it wasn't strange that he knew.

Suren just frowned slightly. "Information?"

Mafa was the main force resisting the plane invasion, and he didn't mind sharing that information.

It was just that he had extracted too much information, and even if he explained it in detail, it wouldn't be finished in ten days and nights.

Saying this, Lucien also guessed something. "Time is tight, and language is too inefficient as a means of communication. Let's switch to mental communication."

Suren looked as usual.

He was now proficient in the use of mental secret methods, and mental communication was indeed much faster.

Just as those words sounded in his mind, he asked, "I know a lot of information. Where should I start?"

Lucien: "You just need to express it with your mental power, and I will naturally understand the rest."

"Just express it?"

Suren asked back.

He understood what this meant, but he was a little surprised.

The advantage of mental communication was that the other party could "hear" what you intended to express in your thoughts.

One thing was just a matter of one thought, which was very convenient.

But there was also a limit to this.

Although you didn't open your mouth, you had to be able to let the other party digest and understand that thought.

It was like playing a movie, fast-forwarding a hundred times. Although the whole story was expressed, it was still up to the viewer's brain to process it; even if they could receive it, they would have to digest the images one by one.

Lucien seemed to guess his doubts and said, "You don't need to find it so strange. I can understand almost everything in this plane. This is the power of the Godslayer, the outer transplant gave me the brainpower that humans could never achieve."

Hearing this, Suren finally completely understood.

Hearing this, he once again felt infinite anticipation for the notes that he hadn't gotten yet.

This Godslayer transplant was simply a magical artifact for alchemists, equivalent to having a second brain!

What was the concept of being able to understand things that you couldn't understand?

It meant that a novice alchemy apprentice could understand some intermediate, advanced, and even master-level alchemy knowledge.

The improvement this transplant brought to alchemists was immeasurable! (Likely affected by the quality and materials of the transplant)

Moreover, Suren instantly thought that this transplant had a high degree of compatibility with his puppet master profession.

He had now reached a bottleneck in the number of puppets he could control.

Simply increasing mental power would increase the upper limit of control, but the fundamental reason hadn't been solved, which was that the ability to multitask had reached its limit.

And wasn't this Godslayer an advanced form of multitasking?

The transplant was part of the alchemist's body. If his brain wasn't enough, he could just find a super-powerful brain, refine it into a transplant, and directly raise this ability?

Some magical creatures in this world naturally had brains that were more suitable for thinking than humans.

For example, dragons were born with the ability to understand advanced laws and draconic magic; abyssal evil eyes, mind flayers, and other creatures also had brains that were far superior to humans; also, Mr. Mirror had the brain of a fallen angel, wasn't that also an option?

…

Lucien: "The fusion conditions for this transplant are very harsh for ordinary professionals, requiring ultra-high mental power, brain development, brainpower, cognitive ability, and the higher the grade, the more difficult it is. However… I think you should try. Your degree of puppetry is something I've never seen in my life.”

"Okay."

Hearing this, Suren didn't say anything more.

With this big shot speaking, the alchemical manuscript was probably a done deal.

He didn't delay and directly expressed all the information he had extracted through mental communication.

Everything about the Celestial plane, the mage corps, magic system, gods, holy armies… everything except the information about himself, he said in detail.

Information that would normally take ten days and nights to say was gone through in his thoughts in just a few minutes.

Moreover, to Suren's surprise, the "Lucien" in front of him didn't seem to be overwhelmed by receiving too much information all at once and show any signs of "indigestion."

It made Suren feel that this method was just data transmission?

This… really was a biological computer.

After the information exchange, Suren stood there.

"Lucien" seemed to need some time to process the information.

After a while, the voice sounded again in the laboratory. "So that's how it is… I understand."

He said directly, "Duola, notify the people from the military and prepare to surround and kill that Celestial Race Saint Son!"

Duola said solemnly, "Yes, Teacher!"

Just as the words fell, the alchemical light screen on one of the surrounding walls lit up.

"Light and shadow transmission" wasn't a very high-end technology in the field of alchemy. Many cursed objects refined from magic crystals could do it.

But this was the first time Suren had seen a picture so clear.

Looking closely, the screens showed surveillance footage from the library.

And in several pictures, a young man in a robe was facing the camera.

Suren recognized the guy at a glance as Frank McAdam.

However, at the moment the surveillance screen lit up, this Celestial Race Saint Son also realized that he had been exposed. He suddenly looked up and turned to look at the surveillance crystal.

It was as if he was looking at Suren and the others in the underground through the screen.

However, at the moment of exposure, a huge alchemy array suddenly lit up in the library, instantly sealing the space.

Seeing this scene, Frank smiled coldly. The vertical eye hidden in his forehead opened, and the light of the Myriad Manifestations True Understanding directly shot a large hole in the space seal.

Suren had seen this guy's methods before, so he wasn't surprised at all. He just muttered, "Sure enough, he's gotten stronger again…"

In terms of escape methods, he even felt that this guy wasn't weaker than him.

It was too normal for him to be able to leave.

Number Nineteen and Duola on the side were seeing this method for the first time, and their faces were full of solemnity.

This trapping array that could easily trap eighth-order professionals was broken so easily. They couldn't imagine what methods could stop that guy.

…

Frank knew that he had been discovered. He calmly broke through the restrictions and floated out without staying in the library any longer.

At this time, the top Mafa combat forces ambushing in the academy also took action.

More than ten eighth-level modified mechanical warriors and two quasi-ninth-level modified mechanical warriors acted together, causing a huge commotion.

In an instant, fires erupted throughout the large campus.

Suren knew that those mechanical warriors were strong, but this Frank was very special. The Myriad Manifestations True Understanding could decompose everything that could be understood into basic particles.

It was almost impossible to keep him with just mechanical means.

He watched the battle on the screen, and his brow furrowed slightly. Even if he thought Mafa had some methods, he didn't think they could kill this Frank.

In this way, the commotion in the campus grew louder and louder.

Mafa had also mobilized a large force, various super-strong equipment was being set up one after another, and various strange ability users took their positions.

No matter how strong the Saint Son Frank was, it was impossible for one person to fight against national-level combat power.

Suren thought that this guy should be running away.

But suddenly, Lucien's voice sounded again in the laboratory. "That Saint Son will probably force his way into the palace to establish his power in a while. Duola, inform Harris III to be careful."

Duola: "Yes!"

However, not long after the words were spoken, Lucien suddenly teleported to the north in the surveillance footage.

After several teleports, he had already appeared in front of the Mafa Imperial Palace.

Seeing this magical scene of prediction, Suren asked in surprise, "Senior, is this precognitive ability?"

He was very curious, how could an alchemist who followed the mechanical path also possess the mystical ability of precognition?

However, Lucien said, "No. It's just a calculation based on the existing information, resulting in the most likely outcome. Data isn't affected by subjective consciousness. As long as there is enough data analysis, the Godslayer can even derive judgments that understand you better than you understand yourself."

"..."

Hearing this statement, wasn't this "big data analysis"?

Was this Godslayer transplant strong, or was this biomechanical lifeform that Grandmaster Lucien had transformed into strong?

After a pause, Lucien explained further. "From the information I obtained from you earlier, this Saint Son Frank has an arrogant personality. From a psychological point of view, the inflated power and sudden rise in status will make him even more proud and pathological. Especially after you cut off one of his arms, he wants to do some eye-catching big events to prove the difference of this Saint Son in front of the Celestial Race people. Moreover, now Mafa's military force has blocked the plane channel, and the Celestial plane has suffered considerable casualties. Those guys also urgently need some death deterrence to deter the people of the Alchemy plane. Killing the Mafa Emperor is one of the best deterrents. So I calculated that he would go to the Imperial Palace. Based on the combat power he showed just now, the calculated result is that he only has a 17% chance of killing Harris III. But unfortunately, he has a 97% chance of asking for the will of the gods to descend… The calculated result is that Harris III will surely die."

The tone was without any emotional fluctuation, and as calm as a machine.

The emperor was about to be killed?

Hearing this, the corner of Suren's eye twitched slightly.

This understated analysis didn't seem like it was recounting a fact that might cause Mafa to collapse.

This ability to analyze like "prediction" was really strong.

But would it really happen?

Suren was skeptical.

Big data analysis also had errors.

But Duola on the side seemed to believe it, she exclaimed, "Teacher, His Majesty will be killed, won't you take action?"

Lucien still replied, "It's not worth it. If I take action now, it will cause the plane invasion war to be decided in advance."

The tone was rational to the point of being indifferent.

He didn't seem to care about the life and death of an emperor.

It wasn't that he couldn't, but that it wasn't worth it.

Hearing this, Suren's eyes sharpened, but he also understood.

Mafa's surface combat power was all kinds of mechanical armor, and this person was Mafa's "trump card."

The plane war had only just begun, and if the trump card was exposed, it would inevitably have a negative impact on the battle.

If the emperor died, another one could be established, but Lucien couldn't be exposed for the time being.

At least, it wasn't worth exposing for a Saint Son who probably couldn't be kept.

And even if he was killed, it wouldn't have any positive impact on preventing the plane invasion.

…

The atmosphere in the laboratory suddenly became very heavy due to this analysis.

Suren carefully watched the surveillance footage and was also very curious whether things would develop in the direction that Lucien had predicted.

The battle on the screen was still continuing.

Lucien's analysis was also continuing.

"That Saint Son is feinting an attack on the West Gate. He has already discovered the location where Harris III is hiding."

"He wants to use large-scale destruction magic in the slums to kill people for fun. Duola, let the military activate the God-Slaying Cannon and force him to leave the Derain neighborhood. Prepare to welcome the descent of an outer god's will and start the hunting plan."

"…"

The more Suren listened, the more shocked he became.

Although he himself had predicted some of Frank's actions in advance, he definitely couldn't achieve this level of accuracy.

Almost every step of Lucien's analysis accurately predicted Frank's actions.

Mr. Black also had similar precognitive abilities, but those were read through pre-war mind-reading.

And this person was purely analyzing through intelligence data, and was decisive as if he wasn't influenced by emotional factors at all.

Listening, listening, Suren had been completely subdued by this ability.

Many things came to his mind.

This Godslayer transplant was almost the most compatible transplant for any alchemist.

…

The Saint Son Frank now had the combat power of an eighth-order professional, and was almost proficient in all the same-level laws.

He wasn't restrained, but he could restrain everything.

No one could kill him.

The battle lasted for more than half an hour, and finally, almost exactly the same scene as Lucien had predicted occurred.

The god's will descended, Frank became a Celestial God, and issued a divine spell, piercing an eighth-level modified mechanical warrior in the Imperial Guard, piercing a top-level defensive treasure, and killing the Mafa Emperor Harris III on the spot.

The Mafa Emperor…

Was dead!

He died under this currently unstoppable divine spell.

Mafa didn't lose on the tactics and courage of the guards, but on the crushing gap in the upper limit of the plane.

In everyone's shocked eyes, Frank seemed to prove himself with this move, laughed, and left triumphantly.

Looking at the devastated Mafa Imperial Palace in the surveillance footage, Suren's face was also very solemn.

The laboratory was silent for a long time.

At this time, Lucien's voice sounded. "The situation is very bad…"

The tone that described the bad situation was still calm.