Chapter 100: The Emergence of Divine Consciousness

"Great! So, if we can find out how Yi Chen caused his brainwaves to spike tenfold, we ordinary mech warriors won’t have to worry about being cut from the ranks or even being retired?"

The mech warrior grew excited.

“You are thinking too much. For infantry soldiers, a tenfold increase in brainwave speed, with the body keeping up, means that their speed will also increase dramatically.”

“In comparison, even if the increase is the same, the advantages of infantry will become even more apparent as their major realm increases.”

Someone quickly poured cold water on the excitement: “Not to mention, the increase might not even be the same. In the wars with Various Races, the biggest weakness of mechs isn’t their power or materials; it’s actually their insufficient reaction speed.”

“If the brainwave speed of mech warriors dramatically increases, it will indeed greatly enhance the reaction speed of mechs and, consequently, their combat effectiveness.”

“But to maximize this effect, we need to thoroughly optimize and improve the mechs.”

“For example, from what I know, mech laser firing starts with the mech warrior conveying a command through brainwaves, then the intelligence processes the command at the fastest speed, and finally, the laser device begins to release energy.”

“In this process, the processing speed of the intelligence can be almost negligible, but releasing energy through the laser device takes time.”

“To maximize effectiveness, we must improve the laser device to make its energy release speed faster. But right now, small laser launchers have almost reached their limit, with no breakthroughs for many years.”

“Another example is if you want to attack fast-moving enemies, using the hand laser device to fire is the best way. That’s because the arms of the mechs move faster.”

“To further enhance the arm movement speed of mechs, it’s not enough just to have the mech warrior’s brainwave speed increase; we also need to significantly boost the power systems of the mech’s arms.”

“A significant boost in power systems will, in turn, require greater energy reserves.”

“The energy transmission system will also need to be strengthened… The end result would inevitably be that the entire mech structure would need to be completely restructured.”

“Moreover, even the operating system of the intelligence would have to be improved.”

“After all, with greater strength in the entire mech, executing a series of high-speed movements will significantly increase the difficulty for the intelligence, raising its performance requirements tremendously.”

“Not to mention the cost of equipping a higher-level intelligence; even the size of a higher-spec intelligence might not be something a mech can accommodate.”

“The only solution would be to change the operating system. Simplify everything possible, switching to using brainwaves instead of the intelligence. For parts that cannot be simplified, multiple intelligence units should control them separately.”

“This cost, this price, feels like it wouldn’t be worth it to enhance large aircraft. With that money, it would be better spent on improving infantry benefits to attract more geniuses to join the infantry.”

“Only boosting space battleships would be worth it, especially the Large Battleships. Even a fractional improvement in reaction speed could provide humanity with a huge advantage in battles against Various Races.”

“Not to mention, whether it’s the battleship captain or the commanders and operators in various operation rooms and consoles, simply by having a tenfold increase in thinking speed, the success rate of predicting and attacking those fast-moving Various Races experts who can dodge laser attacks could rise by at least ten percent.”

“If we improve the battleships, making their weapon systems easier to operate, with stronger and faster related hardware and laser devices, then if we experience a major battle like a century ago, we would never see our ace fleets completely wiped out.”

“It might even lead to a different outcome!”

The viewers in the live room became excited.

“I’d bet my entire fortune that the Military must be holding high-level meetings right now.”

“In no time, all research institutions in the Federation will have to devote all their energy and time to fully improving battleships based on this brainwave spike.”

As everyone grew exhilarated, someone couldn’t help but remind them:

“Aren’t you all overlooking something very important… Why did Yi Chen’s brainwaves spike?”

“Yeah! What’s going on with that?”

“Let’s not say that Yi Chen is creating a new skill! That doesn’t seem right; new skills should stem from perceiving the principles of heaven and earth.”

"And his brainwave speed only occasionally spikes by over ten times."

Everyone in the live room felt confused once more.

No one understood why Yi Chen’s brainwave speed would suddenly increase so much at times.

And nobody knew exactly what Yi Chen was doing.

…

Inside the stone house.

Yi Chen remained unchanged.

He sat like a statue, even after nearly three days of stillness.

His handsome face showed no signs of emotion.

Finally,

his body moved slightly.

His eyes suddenly opened wide.

A glint flashed briefly in his deep-set eyes.

He succeeded!

After spending three days, he had finally managed to merge the enhanced six senses into one and condensed his divine consciousness.

In an instant, his divine consciousness enveloped an area of one meter around him.

It felt like he had entered a different realm.

Within that one meter, all information quickly fed back to his brain.

And the cost was just an extremely small amount of spirit power.

As if sensing something, Yi Chen couldn’t help but look around.

His brows furrowed slightly.

Just a moment ago, when his divine consciousness was fully activated, he had an odd feeling of being watched.

But around him, there was nothing at all.

Moreover, the feeling of being watched was very faint, and upon closer inspection, it disappeared completely.

It seemed more like a trick of the sixth sense.

Perhaps a small bug was watching him from a distance, causing him to feel this way?

Yi Chen didn’t want to overthink it; as long as it wasn’t an enemy, he was fine.

He quickly withdrew his divine consciousness.

With his divine consciousness active, the amount of information his brain received surged countless times compared to usual.

He needed time to slowly adapt and get used to it.

After a moment of thought, he entered into a meditative state again, aiming to stabilize his realm.

Then, he began to improve the Chaos Technique.

…

“According to the scanner data, Yi Chen was likely stabilizing his realm just now.”

“Now, he seems to be improving the Chaos Technique. He appears to have returned to normal?”

“He definitely has returned to normal, but what about the three or four days he sat there without moving? His brainwave speed occasionally spiked tenfold, and spirit power mysteriously drained a bit—what’s going on?”

“As long as Yi Chen has returned to normal, everything else can be addressed. Why the tenfold spike in brainwave speed? Can we also achieve this? We can figure it out later.”

The viewers in the live room mostly breathed a sigh of relief.

Finding a way to increase brainwave speed tenfold to greatly enhance the agility and responsiveness of space battleships was immensely important for all humanity.

But Yi Chen’s return to normal was even more reassuring.