Chapter 1615: Burn This Virus Called Guo Qingbin

Xia Qing locked onto this evolution ability she had never seen at a glance. Zhang San was not surprised at all. "Same-frequency evolvers have another name — they're called Hive Mind Evolvers."

She hadn't heard that name either. Xia Qing nodded solemnly and listened intently.

"Hive Mind Evolvers are an evolutionary direction discovered in the tenth year of the Catastrophe, classified as a type of brain-domain evolution. Given the special nature of this ability, the higher-ups decided not to make it public." After briefly introducing the ability, Zhang San pointed at the name list in Xia Qing's hand. "To date, our country has only discovered two cases. Guo Qingbin is one of them, which is why he receives special protection. When he arrives, no matter how much you want to finish him off, you have to hold back."

Hearing her idol's tone, Xia Qing knew exactly how much he wanted to finish off Guo Qingbin. Xia Qing nodded. "Don't worry, I won't pay him any attention. There are even fewer of these evolvers than recovery-type evolvers. Which part of the brain domain did they evolve?"

Hearing Xia Qing ask such a layman's question, Zhang San looked up and pressed his forehead, choosing to focus on the matter at hand rather than correcting the errors in her entire knowledge system. "Brain-domain evolution is a complex whole. If you absolutely must use a specific region to describe which part of the brain domain is most prominent in these evolvers, it would be the medial prefrontal cortex, dorsomedial prefrontal cortex, temporoparietal junction, premotor cortex, and inferior parietal lobule, among others."

After finishing, the rigorous big shot still could not tolerate such an unprofessional simplification, and added, "You can understand it this way: what same-frequency evolvers evolve is the hardware for 'reading' and 'connecting' to others' nerves, not the hardware for their own 'computing.'"

Xia Qing, who was struggling to understand this ability, finally grasped the key point after her idol added that sentence. "Same-frequency evolvers can read and connect to other people's neural hardware?!"

Zhang San nodded.

The crazy Blue Star once again made Xia Qing feel a sense of unfamiliarity and urgency. She grew even more solemn.

Zhang San glanced at the new human whose brain colors were even more garish than those on her face, and first refuted her guess. "This ability is not theological or fantastical telepathy. It is more consistent with scientific logic and easier to understand than your ability to receive and decode information transmitted by animals."

Xia Qing...

"Yi Element, as a universal biological information catalyst, does not act uniformly. Instead, it responds to and amplifies an individual's existing genetic and physiological traits in a highly personalized manner. It is a 'talent-oriented microscopic reconstruction.'"

Zhang San opened his computer, his gaunt, pale fingers tapping rapidly across the keyboard for a while. He found image materials easier for new humans to understand, turned the screen toward her, and introduced them with illustrations. "Same-frequency evolution is a deep reconstruction of an organism's nervous system by Yi Element. The brain domain of a same-frequency evolver can secrete special bridging proteins, allowing neurons to form a low-bandwidth resonance network with a companion's brainwaves via biological microwaves at close range."

After speaking, Zhang San played a soothing piano piece and asked, "What feeling does this piano piece bring you?"

Xia Qing answered immediately, "Comfortable, pleasant."

"The ability of same-frequency evolvers is quite similar in function to a musical piece. They can synchronize and transmit emotional pulses with other individuals, like a distributed living organism with multiple bodies. This is why this ability was named Hive Mind Evolver."

Zhang San explained plainly once more, "Because same-frequency evolvers can achieve highly coordinated collective intelligence with surrounding life forms through direct information connections between individuals, they earned this name."

Xia Qing listened to the piano piece, striving to accept and understand the knowledge her idol was introducing. After several minutes, she asked, "Third Brother, magnetic-sense evolvers can sense the biomagnetic fields of other life forms — that falls under the 'reading' you mentioned. Can same-frequency evolvers not only read other life forms' biomagnetic fields, but also sync frequencies with them and issue commands to the life forms they've synced with?"

Zhang San corrected Xia Qing's wording. "Strictly speaking, it's not issuing commands, but transmitting information. It only becomes issuing a command when the sender is a superior and the information transmitted is an order."

Xia Qing understood, and her expression grew even more solemn. "Third Brother, what is the range of a same-frequency evolver's ability?"

Zhang San shook his head. "I don't have research data on this type of evolver. Based on the range of Class-C magnetic-sense evolvers, the range of same-frequency evolvers should be within a hundred meters."

A hundred meters was terrifying enough. Xia Qing continued to ask, "Can they sync with everyone, or only with certain types of people?"

This new human had once again grasped the key point. Zhang San's expression softened slightly, and he patiently explained, "The meaning of 'same frequency' is frequency resonance. The data I've obtained shows that only evolvers whose brains have undergone homologous modification by Yi Element and possess the same neural bridging structure can access this biological network. You can understand it this way: an ordinary person's brainwaves lack the corresponding resonant frequency and decoding ability, like a computer without a wireless network card — unable to capture a Wi-Fi signal."

After understanding her idol's meaning, Xia Qing, who lacked a wireless network card — that is, brain-domain evolution ability — immediately relaxed.

The ability of same-frequency evolution was indeed stranger and more fearsome than Class-C magnetic sense, but this ability also had an obvious flaw — like a virus, it only invades networked computers.

After relaxing, Xia Qing began to worry about her companions. "Third Brother, can same-frequency evolvers only read and connect to the brains of human brain-domain evolvers, or can they also connect to other brain-domain evolved animals?"

If they could connect to other brain-domain evolved animals, once Guo Qingbin arrived, Xia Qing would defend to the death and not let him come within a hundred meters of Boss Sheep.

Her Majesty, Broken-Waist Wolf, Fourth, and Does Daigua — they needed even tighter defense!

Zhang San shook his head. "There is no public data on which types of brain-domain evolution same-frequency evolvers can sync with. Which types and species they can establish links with, only the same-frequency evolvers themselves know. To be safe, it's best not to let him come into close contact with brain-domain evolved animals."

"Understood!" After acknowledging, Xia Qing asked, "Third Brother, can he sync with your brainwaves? That would be illegal, right?"

Territory No. 7 was a national-level research institute, a gathering place for brain-domain evolvers — the place that most needed tight defense.

Zhang San snorted coldly. "Although public data is scarce, every person's brain neural network is highly individualized due to their genetics, experiences, and evolutionary direction. A same-frequency evolver needs to adapt their 'neural connection protocol' to the target brain's 'operating system,' which requires on-site decryption and writing a temporary driver program. This is an extremely energy-draining task, and it is prohibited."

Xia Qing's eyes lit up at once. "Third Brother, if Guo Qingbin acts stupid and illegally reads your brain information, just use your advanced evolved brain domain at the very top of the universe's pyramid to give him an information overload and burn out this virus called Guo Qingbin!"

Zhang San...

Do you even hear what you're saying?

But then again... this new human's words did seem to have some logic to them...

?? Dear readers, this chapter's content is an introduction to the evolution ability settings of this book, and it's a bit dry. So as not to disappoint everyone, I'll supplement the evolution ability system settings of this book here:

? 1. Brain-domain evolution type: observation, memory, thinking, emotion-capture ability, imagination, same-frequency evolution, etc.

? 2. Sensory evolution type: hearing, vision, smell, taste, touch, magnetic sense (removed from the special category and merged into the touch category at the magnetic-sense ability seminar in November of the eleventh year of the Catastrophe), etc.

? 3. Physical ability: strength, explosive power, speed, endurance, elasticity, and flexibility, etc.

? 4. Special category: other evolutionary types outside the three major categories above, such as recovery, immunity, digestive ability, and above-average evolution of a certain organ in the body (lung function, vocal cords, etc.).

? Two points need to be clarified here: first, to avoid spoilers, abilities that have not yet appeared are not listed; second, Blue Star's evolution is only in its twelfth year, and humanity's research into evolution abilities is still at a preliminary stage, so the classification is only for the current phase. As research into evolution abilities deepens, the classification will be further adjusted.