Under the safety threshold, there is almost no neural burden; of course, neural and physical fatigue is inevitable. Exceeding the fatigue limit will also cause some damage, but this damage is very mild.
The extreme threshold is roughly the intensity that would cause permanent nerve damage. Unless the host decides to risk their life, the operating system will lock this limit, ensuring that even with overclocked usage, no permanent nerve damage occurs.
Mercer first selected several excellent Netherworld Dog soldiers as test subjects for the "Daedalus". The results were remarkable—even the worst one achieved an astonishing 52% neural acceleration index!
This figure is already comparable to some outdated versions of Sianwistan!
Based on this test, Mercer conducted a week-long high-intensity usage test, with similarly pleasing results.
Mercer can basically conclude that this artificial body has completely broken Sianwistan and Frenzy System's monopoly on human neural operating systems.
Safer, more powerful, and adaptable to the host's strength—Mercer believes that this set, which he calls the "Daedalus" operating system, can be regarded as an upgrade of previous operating systems!
The name "Daedalus" is derived from the skillful craftsman in Greek mythology who built the labyrinth of Crete; his wings could soar, yet melted when flown too high.
It's called this because, although Mercer set limits on the artificial body's safe power and threshold, he knows that not everyone will obediently use the system according to the manual.
And once the host chooses to ignore the safety thresholds for overclocked use, Cyberpsychosis might still not be completely eradicated.
Therefore, this name also serves as a warning, hoping users will use it carefully to avoid flying too high and falling disastrously.
But as long as the threshold tested by the system is strictly followed, this operating system is theoretically as safe as other artificial bodies.
The human artificial body operating system has experienced a technological breakthrough, and the consciousness data conversion system of the armor has naturally made considerable progress too.
Past Single Soldier Armor greatly relied on the built-in AI's consciousness data encoding for assistance to reduce usage latency and neural load.
But after this technological breakthrough, the host can directly control it by integrating the "Daedalus" operating system.
The neural interface connection built into the armor can directly connect to the Daedalus artificial body operating system, directly linking the body's nerves to the armor, significantly reducing the latency of consciousness data transmission.
And when adapting to the "Daedalus" operating system, it won't appear the "speed disparity" seen in Sianwistan users when equipping Single Soldier Armor, leading to higher armor latency issues.
As long as the Daedalus artificial body operating system is equipped and the new generation of adapted Single Soldier Armor is worn, its combat latency will be reduced to an extremely low level. Even when body acceleration is activated, there is no delay in the armor.
Neural burden is also greatly reduced; as long as the Daedalus operating system is not perpetually turned on and overclocked, its neural load is basically on par with operating the Demon Lizard Armored Vehicle—completely reaching a practicable level.
Comparing it with Arasaka's "Artificial Vajra" in anime, Mercer confidently states that aside from that flashy gravity weapon, his Single Soldier Armor has completely crushed Arasaka's Artificial Vajra Armor.
Mercer is even confident in saying that, in the current Cyber World, his developed Single Soldier Armor technology can already be considered world-leading!
Mercer has no doubt that once this technology is widely promoted, the landscape of single soldier warfare in the Cyber World will change as a result.
Aside from technological breakthroughs in operating systems, Mercer has also finally developed new weaponry designs.
For instance, a special grenade called "Gravity Trap" developed based on Arasaka's gravity weapons. When detonated, this grenade forms a circular gravity wave, persistently creating a magnetic web simulating gravity in this gravity interval.
The immense gravity can pull bullets flying through the space towards the ground through strong electromagnetic forces or disrupt their flight paths, reducing flight speed. Meanwhile, human fragile internal organs will suffer significant damage due to the gravity.
Its power does not match Arasaka's gravity weapons, which can even crush the front of a Behemoth Armored Vehicle, but it is equally lethal to personnel.
Because to kill someone, you don't need to crush them with gravity; just overwhelming their internal organs and the sophisticated electromagnetic circuits in their artificial bodies is enough.
There are also items like EMP grenades, heavy smart sniper rifles, new-generation drones, and robots...
As for armor, Mercer developed powerful artificial body weapons like "Heavy Mantis Blade" and "Single Molecule Line for Armor".
In terms of armor development, Mercer further launched the official version of the new armor, though it's just a performance enhancement so there's no need for detailed descriptions.
Of course, apart from the development and upgrade of weapons and equipment.
However, the above are not the primary focus of Mercer's recent developments.
After realizing that it is difficult to carry heavy weapons and armor for combat on the Moon, Mercer decided to personally develop a highly destructive virus program.
His only requirement for this virus is that its destructive and dangerous properties cannot be inferior to the Black Wall, capable, when necessary, of destroying the entire Arasaka Moon Base with a single virus program.
Thus, an extremely terrifying, even more dangerous than the one Mercer labeled "Rabies", super-virus was born after several months of Mercer's pondering, honing, and creating.
Its name—"Black Light".