Someone in Honkai: Star Rail, a Medic

It was a winnable match, but I was forced to restart (sad).

I shouldn't have been greedy.

After playing all afternoon, it all ended up being Aha's amusement...

It was all my own doing.

No matter what, if I had to do it again, Lin Nai would absolutely never choose that damn mask!

Never!

Retracting his gaze, Lin Nai stopped paying attention to the so-called Mask of the Fool and turned to leave.

Even if he found it suspicious, there was nothing he could do.

Perhaps he should go to the laboratory that made the dream machine to see if there was any solution?

Since they could make such a machine.

It meant they should have a deep understanding and research into dreams.

Asta's condition was likely a coma.

Combined with the strange dream Abraham mentioned this morning.

Even if he didn't know if this counted as a clue, he could only try anything to save the situation.

Even if there was a glimmer of hope, a single clue, he had to try.

But before that.

He actually still had to deal with the work Asta hadn't finished.

A few hours later.

After helping Asta finish her work for the day, Lin Nai arrived at a laboratory.

The few staff members inside seemed full of energy.

They didn't have the drowsy, listless, and exhausted state of the people outside at all.

This made Lin Nai breathe a sigh of relief. At least he wouldn't have to find research materials himself later.

"Isn't that Lin Nai? What brings you here all of a sudden?"

A white-haired old man walked over with a chuckle.

He was the head of this laboratory.

A rather kind old man, it seemed the experimental project was also led by him.

"I came to ask if there was any information about dreams here. I heard someone mention it earlier in the medical bay."

"Oh, was it that little one from so-and-so's family who said it?"

"That little one from so-and-so's family?"

"I'm old, I forgot his name. Please be understanding of an old man."

The head staff member chuckled helplessly.

Lin Nai glanced at the employee ID card of the person. He felt that the head's forgotten name might not have anything to do with his age.

Chadao Zigong.

Hmm...

The universe is vast, it's normal for some people to have strange names, right?

It sounded strange.

Looking at it was even stranger.

"So, Lin Nai, why are you suddenly interested in dreams?"

The head staff member asked kindly.

"Just curious, I want to understand it."

"That's great! Come, come, let me show you our latest achievement!"

"The latest achievement?"

Seeing the head staff member's even more enthusiastic demeanor, Lin Nai didn't pay it much mind.

He was just curious.

If he remembered correctly, Chadao had said before... that experiments couldn't be conducted in dreams at this stage, but reviewing past knowledge should be fine.

So what about the new stage?

Arriving at a machine, the head staff member enthusiastically introduced, "This is the latest achievement!"

"This is a... coffin?"

"What coffin! How can you say such a thing! This is called a sleep pod!" The head staff member patted Lin Nai's shoulder in displeasure.

Why would you say something so unpleasant!

Lin Nai hesitated, unsure how to phrase it. No matter how you looked at it, that thing resembled a coffin.

But if he kept talking like this, Lin Nai worried the old man might fake an injury to get out of it.

Then he'd be forced to fund it.

He didn't have much pocket money to begin with, so wouldn't this just make things worse!

"In the new version, we've uploaded a large number of books into this machine, which then influences our brainwaves."

The person in charge, a staff member, introduced the machine's brand-new function: "This way, we can learn new knowledge in our sleep without worrying about physical fatigue."

Ah...

Doesn't that just make competition even fiercer!!

Lin Nai felt that if this thing were heavily promoted, it might sell like hotcakes.

Especially on the space station.

Or to parents who wanted to tutor their children.

It might even lead to a shortage.

"Wow... So, how does this work?"

Lin Nai blinked curiously.

As expected.

He still wanted to know if Uncle Huang was actually studying.

Would there be anything like the Spring and Autumn Annals in there?

"Would you like to try it?"

"Can I?"

"Of course, no problem! Don't worry, it's very safe, the tests are complete!"

The person in charge, a staff member, opened the coffin... no, opened the sleep pod, and had Lin Nai lie down.

Lin Nai complied and put on a helmet.

It gave him the illusion of entering a virtual online game.

Hmm...

Should he say something like, "Link's head is big," to make it more fitting?

"What happens next?"

"Just fall asleep. Here, drink this, it's calming."

The person in charge, a staff member, handed him a tube of medicine.

Lin Nai used the system to scan it, confirmed it wouldn't harm him, and drank it down.

Immediately after.

He felt drowsy and fell asleep as soon as he closed his eyes.

As for the staff members, aside from monitoring Lin Nai's physical data for any issues.

The rest went about their own business.

They had tested this machine numerous times, and it was unlikely to have any accidents.

But just in case, someone still needed to watch.

Chapter Sixteen · Lin Nai: I have a plan

"Hoo..."

Opening his eyes, Lin Nai found himself in a place that resembled a library.

There were all sorts of classifications.

Sci-fi, history, literature, medicine, and so on.

Lin Nai looked around the space he was in with great interest.

A large library.

It was quite interesting.

He could tell this was the so-called massive improvement.

After all, his brain wouldn't contain things like "Internal Medicine" or "Epidemiology."

Nor would it have a bunch of formulas he couldn't understand at all.

If it were the knowledge in his head...

The entire space might be filled with "Five Years of College Entrance Examination, Three Years of Mock Tests" and stacks of exam papers and textbooks.

"So, it's still the same question... does looking at adult books count as studying?"

Adhering to the principle that practice leads to truth.

Lin Nai reached out, beginning to search their own mind for past memories.

They needed to think with a critical, learning mindset...

If that's the case...

"Got it!" Lin Nai held the book, flipping through it for a moment. "So the answer is already very clear."

Whether it was because they were in a dream or because Lin Nai truly approached it with a critical and learning mindset, they were completely free of worldly desires right now, calmer than after experiencing a moment of enlightenment.

So...

Looking at this was meaningless.

Thinking this, Lin Nai tossed aside what they were holding.

Zzzzz—

"Hmm?"

Lin Nai stopped, frowning slightly. "Is the surrounding environment changing?"

Zzzzz—

The strange electrical current sound rang out again.

Soon.

Lin Nai found that everything around them was becoming blurry, starting to disappear one by one.

And then...

Gazing at the baby-faced sun rising in the sky, Lin Nai's mind flashed with the universe.