Using the MC system to pretend spiritual revival

Chapter 263 The 12 Most Crucial Surgeries

The next moment, as everyone was filled with doubt and various thoughts.

The skull drone, which had already come close to it and was almost touching it, suddenly fell.

The skull, which made a clanging sound like teeth, suddenly landed on the swollen neck, which was still exposed to the air because the person wasn't wearing a helmet.

"puff--!!"

A dull sound, like a blade gliding through tough cowhide, followed by the unusually prominent canine tooth on the skull struggling to pierce the flesh, hovering for less than half a second.

With a sudden increase in wing rotation, it gained altitude and flew away from the scene. Under the remote control of the technicians, it quickly and accurately landed back into the silver-white metal box and resealed.

At this moment, Li Gang only felt a fleeting, almost imperceptible stinging sensation on his skin. His skin, thickened many times over by various modified drugs, combined with the numbness caused by corroded and damaged nerves, meant that this sensation would likely be completely ignored unless he had focused intently.

Having seen the experimental procedure and feeling nervous, he knew very well that it was far from as simple as it seemed on the surface.

This zombie head, sourced from thousands of miles away, was processed and made extremely lightweight, shrinking to the size of a modern drone while maintaining its basic survival capabilities.

At this moment, within this enormous body riddled with holes from drugs and surgery, a "virus" unlike any other virus, hormone, nerve agent, or even completely detached from the rules of physical and chemical concepts is rapidly spreading.

From Li Gang's perspective, after a brief moment of tense waiting, a feeling that was hard to describe quickly spread through every bone and muscle.

If one were to describe it, it would be a murky green haze rising from the heart and lungs, bones, and even the surface of the skin.

As for why he could understand its shape and color based solely on his senses—a situation that defies common sense—he couldn't explain.

And this process is very short.

This subtle, peculiar feeling, as time went on, began to rapidly manifest itself in other ways:

First, the heart and lungs, which had already lost most of their function due to the rapid expansion of body size and stimulation by drugs, quickly subsided. The heavy breathing gradually turned into a slow and monotonous rhythm, as if it were just to maintain a habit.
The sharp pain of each heartbeat quickly disappeared, and the numbness in the fingertips and hands and feet caused by the increased size and insufficient blood supply also quickly subsided.
Soon, the pain that had been almost unbearable with medication for the past month, caused by the implanted metal stent, drug stimulation, and skin sutures, melted away like ice and snow.

A sense of relief washed over me, and the irritability I had been suppressing due to physical discomfort subsided.

At this moment, all kinds of ailments seemed to recede one after another, leaving only a strong, clear-headed body that seemed to never tire.

Just as he was beginning to enjoy the moment, Chen Ming's gaze suddenly sharpened as he stared intently at the monitoring screen, which was filled with a dense stream of data, from behind the observation window on the second floor.

Fingers left afterimages as they rapidly tapped between the screen and the keyboard, quickly stretching and enlarging a high-definition image.

That was located to the side and rear of the circular platform beneath their feet. The magnified video focused on the inside of the neck, which was covered by steel and exposed, with a barely perceptible dark green spot that looked like some kind of pigment deposit.

It was so small that nothing seemed out of the ordinary.

However, Chen Ming was very clear about what this meant. Without hesitation, he raised his hand and pressed the red button on the corner of the control panel, simultaneously issuing a calm command into the communicator on his lapel:
"Time is up! The neutralizing agent valve has been activated. Prepare for emergency response. Everyone, retreat to a safe distance!"

The moment the order was issued.

As if they had rehearsed it beforehand, all the researchers, who were wearing heavy protective suits and looked like they were about to sway as they walked, immediately dropped their equipment and turned to run towards a gate in the distance that looked like a bank vault.

From the middle of the room to the edge of the explosion-proof room, even the slowest person leaped in within three minutes, and the gate quickly closed and rotated, sealing it off completely.

Apart from the people on the second floor who were behind the high-explosive special glass observation window, the entire first-floor laboratory had been evacuated, leaving only the tall giant with his head down and motionless, casting a large shadow under the incandescent light.

At this very moment, Li Gang, who appears to be just standing there dumbfounded, is actually a hundred times more excited inside than he seems on the outside.

With the press of that red button, a braking drug system built into the heavy armor activated, distributing tens of liters of white "neutralizing agent" from more than ten locations.

Pumped into the arteries through pre-embedded pipes, this is the world's purest glutinous rice water, made through multiple experiments to extract and break down glutinous rice, and adding ingredients to maintain its fluidity. It is then injected directly into the body, bucket by bucket.

The blood, already suffering from the accumulation of various drug residues, now faced an even greater catastrophe.

This act, which would be fatal under any circumstances, is, at this moment in this laboratory, a perfectly logical antidote.

As the glutinous rice water is pumped throughout the body by the heart along with the blood, it seems as if a pre-set rule has been triggered the moment it reaches a certain critical value in terms of its proportion throughout the body.

The lividity that had been quietly forming all over the body suddenly stopped and gradually faded until only faint outlines like freckles remained.

A moment later, the armor's built-in data monitoring system detected this phenomenon and quickly transmitted it back to the second-floor control panel as a signal.

As the screen in front of him rapidly turned from red to green, Chen Ming's serious expression gradually relaxed, and he couldn't help but smile.
"It's done—..."

As if in response to this statement, the figure who had been holding a helmet and keeping his head down in silence when everything changed suddenly moved and slowly opened his eyes as if waking from a dream.

Before her eyes was a silvery-white metallic floor and bright white laboratory lights. Her somewhat confused consciousness quickly recalled a series of events from not long ago and understood what had happened.

The twelfth surgery.

The modification of the corpse poison is complete.

With a sigh, Li Gang turned to look around and found that there was no one left.

Although he knew it was to prevent himself from being infected by the corpse poison and going berserk due to failed transformation.

After all, he had seen zombies before. Now, with his body undergoing repeated modifications and this heavy armor, if he were to lose consciousness and completely turn into a zombie, he would indeed be a considerable threat.

Fortunately, nothing happened.

Thinking this, he prepared to turn around and go to the wall to find a communication device to report his situation.

However, as soon as he made a move, he felt something strange in his hand. He looked down and immediately realized that he was holding the bright red helmet that he had just received from the drone. It was being held firmly and had not slipped out of his hand even when he lost consciousness.

His gaze quickly fell on a small badge in the center of the helmet. After staring at it for a moment, he raised both hands and slowly brought the helmet down onto his head, the only part of his body still exposed to the air.

"..."

Suddenly, the view went dark, and the surroundings immediately became quiet.

With a snapping of the buckle around the neck and a faint hissing sound of electricity surging inside the helmet, the pitch-black vision gradually brightened, and an internal screen covering the entire field of vision instantly loaded, displaying a series of rapidly scrolling system self-checks.

After a series of normal beeping sounds, initialization was complete, and all the text messages disappeared, revealing an image composed of a 180-degree main screen and several secondary screens projected in front of you.

Looking at these images, Li Gang couldn't help but turn his head. Amidst a series of mechanical turning sounds, the main screen image, which occupied most of his field of vision, also moved, but the secondary screen remained stable.

After some twisting and observation, it was finally confirmed that these secondary screens came from the back, shoulders, and waist, covering almost every angle of vision centered on oneself, achieving 360-degree coverage without blind spots, which is extremely absurd.

As a soldier, Li Gang understood all too well how much of a role this level of vision could play on the real battlefield, and his anticipation grew even stronger. The armor he was wearing, which he had only seen concept drawings and written descriptions of, had already given him so many surprises in just a few minutes, and made him even more eager to see the other functions mentioned in the documents.

And while he was still exploring whether these screens had other functions.

In the lower right corner of my field of vision, a notification suddenly popped up and opened automatically, taking up an empty space.

Then it suddenly expanded, revealing Academician Chen's familiar face:
"How are you feeling? Do you experience any abnormalities in your vision, hearing, or taste?"

The moment the call connected, that familiar tone and manner of speaking came through.

After getting to know him better, Li Gang even felt a special warmth in his voice, understanding what the other person was asking. He paused, carefully considered the question, and then shook his head.
"From my own experience, I haven't noticed any significant regression that's easy to detect. Perhaps my infection was more effective than expected."

After speaking, Chen Ming remained noncommittal regarding the self-evaluation in the latter part of his statement, simply looking down as he took notes. He spoke again after a moment:

"This may be a new approach to the application of corpse poison, but that's not important. We can discuss that later. What's more important now is your own situation."

As he spoke, the figure in the white lab coat in the video window stood up and stepped off the screen.
"I'll go down right away. My own judgment is not enough to form a conclusion. I need to collect a complete set of detailed data for you."

As he spoke, the call was abruptly disconnected.

At the same time, Li Gang also heard the noise coming from not far away through the sound monitoring integrated on his helmet.

Turning my head, I saw a metal gate embedded in the wall. At that moment, an indicator light next to it lit up as the elevator door opened.

Chen Ming, dressed in a white coat, walked out with four or five middle-aged men of varying heights, builds, and builds, all dressed in formal attire. Their destination was clear: they walked straight towards him.

Standing in the empty laboratory, Li Gang was slightly taken aback by the scene before him:
"According to normal procedures, shouldn't you be remotely controlling me to conduct some checks? Why did you come here directly with people? Isn't that a bit too unprofessional?"

As soon as the words fell, the group arrived in front of the round platform. Looking up at the figure in front of them, who was three meters tall and looked like an iron wall after being covered in heavy armor, they couldn't help but sigh.

Only Chen Ming, standing at the very front, showed no surprise in his eyes, only appreciation for the perfect experimental result.

However, he also remembered the other person's question, so he immediately took out his screen device, excitedly checking the current data while answering:
"The misunderstanding wasn't due to a lack of rigor, but rather because I was confident enough in my experimental procedures. As for them..."

As he spoke, he slightly turned his head to look at the several middle-aged men beside him who were staring at him with surprise, and a smile appeared on his lips:
"The heads of the three major districts of East, West, and North, as well as the officials from the National Construction and Pharmaceutical sectors who are participating in the exhibition, want to get to know you better beforehand. However, this is only a part of them; many more are waiting in the observation room."

"At their level, some are fearless, but none are careless."

At this point, Chen Mingwei had already accessed the data recorded in the system.

He put down the screen and pulled a syringe from one of his pockets.

He walked towards the steel giant in front of him, whose calves alone were almost as tall as himself.

"Honestly, you don't need to worry about these things at all. Instead of worrying about other things, you should cooperate with me now to do a thorough test. If we find any problems now, we might still be able to fix them."

As he spoke, he climbed the steps and arrived at the front.

Upon hearing this, Li Gang, who was wearing full power armor, nodded and squatted down, raising his hands to place them on the sides of his helmet.

With a click of a mechanism turning and unlocking, the helmet was removed, revealing the skin of the neck.

Seeing this, Chen Ming skillfully pulled a surgical drill from his pocket, started it, and moved closer amidst the buzzing sound.

After a tooth-grinding scraping sound lasted for more than ten seconds, a small hole was finally drilled in the bulging trapezius muscle, and a little blood was collected into the test tube.

He put away his tools, tilted his head back to illuminate the dark red liquid inside his veins under the light, and couldn't help but smile and nod.

"Not bad, the strength of the skin and muscles has indeed improved a lot. The slight blood inactivation is also within the normal range."

After saying that, he put the test tube away and then looked back at Li Gang, who had stood up again.

"The half-zombie conversion surgery seems to be very successful so far, but we still need to observe for 7 days according to the procedure. I will also carefully compare this blood sample later, but I think there should be no problem. As time goes by, you may experience loss of hunger and sleep, but don't worry, these are phenomena that will occur during the half-zombie conversion, and there will be no more serious consequences."

He spoke at length, even offering a thoughtful warning and words of comfort at the end.

This contrasts slightly with his image of always acting based on experiments and data, and whose every sentence revolves around research questions.

However, whether it was Li Gang or the several district chiefs on the periphery who looked embarrassed and at a loss, they could all see the joy on the other party's face behind his bright smile.

Clearly, this success greatly satisfied the other party's research interests and sense of accomplishment.

However, whether one is a genius or a madman, they will always be chased by new ideas under any circumstances.

Academician Chen is naturally included in this group.

A whole host of incomprehensible, entirely new things following this spiritual revival.

This allows new ideas and research directions to be born in his mind at all times.

After witnessing the success of his research, he spent less than five minutes basking in the joy of achievement before eagerly anticipating the next phase of research.

His gaze swept around the room.

Seeing the silent, three-meter-tall powered armor giant and the four awkwardly dressed middle-aged men standing motionless a dozen steps away, he couldn't help but frown.

The tone was a little impatient.

"Weren't you all clamoring to see my research results? Why are you all just standing there like idiots?"

After saying that, ignoring the increasingly embarrassed expressions of the others, he turned to look at Li Gang, who was standing straight and had not said a word, and quickly gave his instructions.

"They said they need to talk to you. You can chat for now, but I need to use this lab in three hours, so remember not to linger."

After saying that, he seemed to remember something at the end, nodded to the few people lying on the side and behind the glass on the second floor as a greeting, and then turned and walked away.

Da da da-

The hurried footsteps quickly crossed a gate and disappeared from sight.

The scene left the group speechless.

(End of this chapter)