Chapter 6223: Covenant of the Stars (Part 3)

The Foggy World is indeed amazing. As soon as they walked out of the city, they found themselves directly in front of Mechanical Overlord Iron Man and Brainiac, seamlessly transitioning without any cutscene, which made Shiller click his tongue in wonder.

“Can the function of Super Space-Time Transmission be used here?” Shiller asked.

“Not only can it be used, but it can also traverse within the range of the Multiverse,” Main Universe Iron Man shrugged, “That’s why we didn’t let you use it in the first place. If we had let you go down back then, the Multiverse would have flown all over the place by now.”

Just mentioning this made Shiller want to roll his eyes. In his view, turning the Eternal White Hole into this state, defending Naiya was secondary, mainly it just felt like a sneaky move against him. If it weren’t placed in Shiller’s blind spot, it wouldn’t have taken long for Shiller to discover it, and then the Multiverse would be lively.

Brainiac was in the form of a holographic projection, still not giving up on that green bald-headed image of his. Seeing Main Universe Iron Man and Shiller come over, he seemed unsurprised, instead saying, “You’re here, huh?”

“Where’s Tony?” Shiller asked. He actually wanted Stark to come to the Foggy World to study the city and see if there was anything useful to pick out.

“He’s out experimenting,” Brainiac said, “Don’t worry about him for now, come and take a look at this. This is something new I’ve come up with, or more accurately, something we’ve worked on together, to prepare for the upcoming Brainiac Park.”

Shiller knew Brainiac had always attempted to make a competitor to Battleworld, just that the direction of research was somewhat different from Battleworld. Brainiac was extremely focused on realism, just as the events of 1999 seemed to have left him with great psychological trauma, and he insisted on creating a simulation battlefield exactly like reality.

Shiller leaned closer for a look, but truthfully, he didn’t understand it at all. Brainiac held a crystal ball in his hand, just like the kind sold in stores, seemingly with a small house inside, though it was not very clear.

It was only when he released the thing that Shiller saw that it was actually his estate in Hampton. A question mark slowly emerged above Shiller’s head.

To be clear, even though they came from the Foggy World, they were now in the real world, not in a dream or some kind of computer program. What kind of technology is this?

“Wait a minute,” Shiller spoke up, “You didn’t use information flow technology to move my house here, did you?”

Shiller was about to calculate the demolition fee with them, but Brainiac quickly interrupted him, then said, “This is not your house. Although it looks exactly like your house, your original house is still intact and sitting in Hampton.”

“What exactly is going on?” Shiller asked.

“This was restored through memory,” Brainiac explained, “By interfacing the human brain to my network, I can simulate objects from within one’s memories by reading them, then restore them to reality using information flow technology. Of course, it still requires energy and materials.”

“Hold on a second,” Shiller interrupted him again, then said, “Firstly, how can you connect the human brain to your network? Is this legal?”

“It’s not legal,” Brainiac said, “The Three Great Empires have issued strict laws against it—whether voluntarily or not, it’s illegal. But what I connected is not purely human, but him.”

Brainiac looked at Mechanical Overlord Iron Man. Shiller also looked at him; this was someone who had mastered the Calculating Element, Iron Man, an entity with a super artificial intelligence cluster Divine Will, definitely not considered a complete human.

“And him,” Brainiac also looked at Main Universe Iron Man.

Shiller looked at Main Universe Iron Man, who was now part of the Outer God, also not a complete human.

“And the Iron Man from your universe,” Brainiac added.

Shiller opened his mouth, then realized that the Iron Man from his universe might be connected in Demon God Form, not considered human either.

It’s no wonder Brainiac is an evil artificial intelligence. He has perfectly circumvented the laws prohibiting the creation of brain-linked computers by the Three Great Empires. These laws only target civilizations with communal attributes, excluding cosmic sorcerers, abstract entities, etc., otherwise, Swallow Uncle would not be constantly defeated.

“So, what’s the use of this?” Shiller asked.

“Isn’t it much better than the Creation System you made that requires manual crafting?” Brainiac boasted, “Your system, with all that modeling and programming, still isn’t realistic enough—it looks fake at first glance. Mine is way better.”

“Just by extracting a piece of memory, I can perfectly restore a scene in reality, even simulating things like corpses—it’s simply perfect, right?”

“I have a question,” Shiller said, “What if you can’t remember clearly?”

“This is not for ordinary people to use,” Brainiac asserted, “It’s only for geniuses like Batman and Iron Man with remarkably comprehensive memory capabilities. Of course, Superman should be fine too, since he has a super brain.”

“However, ordinary people are not forever unable to use it,” Brainiac said, “This thing first images within the system, even if the memory is somewhat vague and the presented information model isn’t that precise, it can be manually adjusted.”

“Given that, why rely on memory?” Shiller asked. “Can’t we directly create an image in the mind and present it?”

“That would easily crash the server,” Brainiac said, spreading his hands. “Currently, information flow technology only supports transforming things that already exist in this world. If something doesn’t exist, transforming it would cause many issues and might crash the cosmos structure. That’s why memory is needed; it ensures the existence of what once was.”

“Not necessarily,” Shiller replied. “What if someone’s memory has been altered?”

“Very difficult to present,” Brainiac said. “Methods like hypnosis can’t establish precise memory with many details, and if it’s direct mind control and modification, there will be slight differences from original memory, which the system should be able to detect.”

“At this stage, this is not intended for public access. If you can perfectly modify Batman’s memory and change his resulting presentation, I’d acknowledge that.”

“What about the amount of energy and resources needed?”

“Extremely large,” Brainiac sighed. “Reproducing your house would require resources roughly 12 million times what was needed to build this house.”

“Why so much?!” Shiller was somewhat surprised.

“This is already considered low,” Brainiac said. “There are still significant flaws in current information flow technology; the transformation and transmission processes incur excessive losses. So, for now, it doesn’t support mass transformation into reality. It’s better to simulate within my system where realism can reach 99%.”

Shiller pondered, remembering his earlier discussion with Stark about this technology. This technology is bound to spark major ethical debates, such as whether you are still you when you’re uploaded and reproduced, along with safety issues, like what if the system crashes or reproduction results in an assembly problem.

Back then, no one thought there’d be issues with transmitting objects, especially less significant items like construction materials such as steel and cement. The only issue with transferring materials was the lack of necessity; couldn’t you just use a teleportation portal for these types of materials?

The strength of information flow technology lies in storage and compression; it can store a bulk of items within the information flow or traverse the Antimatter Universe. However, in the universe, storage space is practically worthless because the universe is nearly infinite; even with so many civilizations, it remains very sparse. The Milky Way is particularly remote, surrounded by abundant space. Tossing everything into the universe is fine; you can retrieve it with a teleportation portal, no need to convert it into another form.

Even for some pricey materials, at most you just build a special warehouse; materials susceptible to damage are more prone to deterioration when converted into information flow, better to leave them as they are.

It’s not transformation but utilizing memory to directly reproduce something in the real world. It’s indeed impressive and gives this technology a unique path. But unforeseen were the issues related to loss; if the loss is this great, even wealthy figures like Batman and Iron Man might find it unsustainable. Even for simulating battlefields, it’s a tad too expensive with limited practical value.

Mechanical Overlord waved his hand, saying, “Resources aren’t the problem; the issue is time.”

Shiller looked at Brainiac, who nodded and said, “Resources in the universe are nearly infinite; you can achieve this if you pile up materials. However, the reproduction speed is actually very slow; creating this house took about half a year, and there’s currently no breakthrough to speed it up.”

“Why is it so slow?”

“Still uncertain,” Brainiac said. “I suspect it’s because it involves some creative permission from the Real Universe, which means each item has to be sent to the creator for approval, slowing things down.”

Shiller was even more puzzled: “Creator approval?”

“Yes, when we tried to reproduce the first item, Eternity came to us,” Brainiac said. “He subtly inquired about what we were doing, and upon learning about our endeavors, he didn’t stop us; he just had a strange expression and left. He hasn’t come by since.”

This was Shiller’s forte, pondering what the situation with Abstract Entities and OAA might be. Actually, OAA is quite a favorable boss; he doesn’t tightly control the cosmos’ intelligent beings, unlike those gods with strong control desires.

Moreover, similar technology exists within the Three Great Empires, which involves directly setting up a holographic projection and starting construction. While not immediate, it’s certainly not as slow as this. Shiller suspected that OAA might be targeting him.

Rather than preventing Brainiac, it’s more about preventing him. OAA might be worried he’d use this technology for a big show, like when he crashed the cosmos structure next door, potentially crashing this universe’s structure. So from house structures to a piece of carpet, he has to approve everything, checking for any unwelcome items.

Brainiac’s eyes also focused on Shiller; evidently, he shared this suspicion but hadn’t said it outright. Shiller sighed; this issue is quite unsolvable. OAA is just carrying out his duty, he won’t allow anyone to shake the cosmos structure, and Shiller has a criminal record. He is certain to guard fiercely, even if it means working overtime to ensure Shiller is kept in check.

In this case, trying to pull something in the Marvel Universe seems unlikely. However, over at DC, Lucifer is certainly cautious now; he might even blacklist this technology, simply prohibiting its use, preventing Shiller from organizing another big event for him.

Alas. Shiller sighed; after fishing too many times, one learns, and it’s harder to bite the bait no matter what’s on the hook—it really is troublesome.

But soon, Shiller thought of a good solution, turning to Main Universe Iron Man and said, “Do you think Yog-Sothoth would be interested in this technology?”

Iron Man answered with a facial expression that embodied a question mark.