The Original Body

Cables woven from hardened nerve fibers are strung across the city.

A panoramic cable car is departing from the Grand Theater, carrying Luo Di and David to the more distant Repair Center.

The cable car is suspended hundreds of meters in the air, but below it is not a town or street, but a bottomless Hell Rift.

Or rather, this synapse city, the capital of the mischief, does not have the concept of "streets," but is a special city that is only based on important buildings.

The evil scheme deliberately chose a location, building the city in the rift zone of hell.

Each important building is isolated atop a towering rock peak.

All transfers rely on "Nerve Cable Car" erected at the top of the building.

Insects won't waste time on the streets, especially things like shopping, which they find extremely distasteful.

Either work inside important buildings,

Alternatively, they could leave the city and go out to cause trouble.

From this urban structure, Luo Di became increasingly interested in bad games, because he himself did not like to waste time on unimportant things and efficiency was his top priority.

David's Curtain Eye Sockets was pulled open again, and the tiny arm inside produced an arrow sign that pointed precisely to a certain location in the city.

"The Repair Center is almost here. This is the most important medical facility in our Mischief. Most of those who can receive medical services here are at least at the Ascended Demon level."

Strict security measures are naturally in place inside.

"Stay close to me for now; we can only go to your floor for the time being."

"Good."

Luo Di looked in the direction of the arrow sign.

The so-called Repair Center is also built on a solitary rock protruding from the Hell Rift, at a lower altitude than the surrounding buildings.

The building itself doesn't have any strange style; it's just a square building with more than forty floors.

All the cable car lines converge on the hospital's rooftop, and all visitors will land on the rooftop.

Strangely, although the rooftop has more than ten elevators, there is no security at all, as if anyone can freely enter the hospital.

However, Luo Di's idea was quickly shattered.

When he followed David into one of the elevators, he learned the first reason why security was not required.

There were no metal buttons inside the car; the control panel was just a smooth, protruding head.

When David touched the seat, his brain immediately verified the passenger's identity and connected his thoughts to the hospital's central nervous system.

The hospital will grant elevator access based on the visitor's identity.

Simply send your desired floor information to the elevator's AI system, and it will receive it.

Once it is determined that the passenger is eligible to go to that floor, the elevator will start operating.

They were heading to the Intensive Care Unit (E) where Luo Di was located, a high-level area of the hospital where few people could directly obtain access.

The elevator is moving.

Luo Di was surprised to discover that the energy source supporting the elevator's operation was indeed electricity, as was the cable car he had previously encountered. However, the electricity here was quite different from that in the Human World.

A type of bioelectricity originating from the brain circulates throughout the city.

Earlier, Luo Di had seen a special building complex filled with brains while on the cable car, from which all the electrical neural circuits emanated.

Bite!

<We have arrived at the Intensive Care Unit (E). Please proceed to the nurses' station to register.>

The elevator doors opened.

There was only one corridor outside, covered with a red carpet, with long, rectangular white lights affixed to the ceiling. There was no odor in the air; it felt like being in a sterile space.

There is only one ward on this floor, located at the end of the corridor. If you go from the elevator, you will inevitably pass by the nurses' station.

When Luo Di arrived at the nurses' station, he also learned the second reason why this hospital did not need to be equipped with security personnel.

The nurses here are vastly different from those in the Human World.

They were "piled up and suspended" inside the nurses' station, some resting with their eyes closed, while others stared at the visitors who came in.

They have no bodies, but are all heads, about fifty or sixty in total, stuck together to form a spherical structure.

They were suspended in the air by thick nerves descending from the top.

Luo Di couldn't tell whether it was a single entity or each head was an independent individual.

One of the young nurse heads smiled and said, "Good evening, Mr. David! Please register your visitor information."

After David Dai specified that he needed to see Luo Di's true form in the intensive care unit, and might even need to touch it.

Gaga~

Deep within the skull cluster, something began to wriggle and crawl out.

Splash! A large amount of cerebrospinal fluid poured onto the ground.

The most senior head nurse here was separated from the rest.

When the head nurse's head fell off, nerve structures immediately grew from her neck area, quickly forming a pure white body.

It looks like it's wearing clothes, but also like it's not.

Her eye sockets were filled with IV tubes, and her open lips were covered with syringes instead of teeth, demonstrating her professionalism.

"Mr. David, 74% of the Ancestor Remnants in patient Luo Di's body, and he is currently in the early stages of repair. This floor and his ward are under Level 2 lockdown, and the Repair Center does not recommend contact at this time."

Furthermore, allowing Mr. Di's temporary consciousness vessel to approach the main body now might affect subsequent repair work.

David waved his hand. "Special circumstances require special handling. Anyone of the same rank would have died from Luo Di's injuries long ago. He's alive because his ancestors wanted him to live."

Allowing the "Doppelganger" who has acquired the brain to meet the original body ahead of time might have unexpected benefits.

I'll take responsibility for any problems that arise.

"Mr. David, please sign the liability waiver here."

As David signed the document, Luo Di, standing to the side, felt something was amiss. They were supposed to be discussing matters concerning his true form, yet the decision was being made by the hospital administration and David.

The head nurse carefully put away the responsibility sheet and led the way down the corridor, saying, "Please put on your protective suit before entering the intensive care unit. The Ancestor Residue on the patients may affect the surrounding environment."

In front of the ward.

While changing his protective suit, Luo Di suddenly felt a sense of being watched from behind.

Turning my head, I saw that the cluster of heads that had been hanging in the nurses' station had actually moved a short distance using the nerves that had descended from the ceiling.

Currently, the cluster of heads has arrived in the passageway, and all the nurses have opened their eyes and are looking this way... and you can see a sense of vigilance in their eyes, which are full of IV tubes.

This scene prompted Luo Di to ask, "Are all the nurses on this floor only responsible for repairing my physical body?"

The head nurse responded immediately:

"It's not just about repair work; all patients who have Ancestor Damage face the potential risk of 'reversion' during the repair process, turning them into a kind of Ancestor-like Organism."

If this were to happen, it would be very dangerous for the entire hospital.

Because our team of nurses will also be responsible for the extermination work; once your original body undergoes a reversion to its ancestral form, we will completely eliminate it.

However, since you were admitted to the ward, your original body has not shown any signs of atavism. All monitoring indicators are currently above safe levels, so you can rest assured.

"OK."

Luo Di also understood why medical expenses were so high here.

When he followed the head nurse into the ward and saw the scene inside the intensive care unit, he even felt that the money was well spent.

"I'm actually injured to this extent?!"

In the intensive care unit,

Dense nerves suspended Luo Di's mutilated body in the air, each nerve connected to vital parts of the body.

It monitors the physiological condition of every part of the body and maintains the most basic life characteristics.

Even the most important Metal Spine was extensively corroded, with parts turning black and having corrosion grooves of varying depths.

The skull is almost entirely penetrated, and the brain is protected entirely by the extra-grown Built-in Skull, especially the most important pituitary structure.

There was no lower body at all.

Only a few strips of flesh remained of his right arm.

The left arm was a white bone covered in rotten flesh.

current,

The nerves connected to the whole body are gradually absorbing the Ancestor Residue. Once these nerves absorb the Ancestor Residue, the entire nerve will be discarded and sent to the incinerator to be burned.

Luo Di stared at his own almost unrecognizable form.

Suddenly, strange things began to happen.

Main body face,

The right eye, which had miraculously survived, suddenly turned to the side, its gray pupils fixed on Luo Di as he entered through the door.

The two looked at each other.

Grey relational analysis from pituitary glands is rapidly established.

For a moment, Luo Di could clearly sense the current state of the main body and a certain need emanating from it.

"Wait! Can you please suspend all medical services and return all the Ancestor Residue extracted from me?"

When Luo Di made this request

Both the head nurse and David looked at him strangely.