The Celestial Dragons' Swan Song (12)

The Self-healing Cells had gone berserk. It was a state Ron knew all too well.

Just as he had suffered autophagy from overusing his Self-Healing Ability several times before, it was a self-preservation response where cells, deprived of energy, began endlessly devouring all surrounding flesh to ensure their own survival.

Even someone like him, who could survive after Shanks cut him into pieces, absolutely did not want to find out what would happen if he were completely devoured by Self-healing Cells. The maddening hunger and the scorching pain in his abdomen still made his heart tremble whenever he remembered them.

In that state, he felt as if even his sanity had ceased to exist. He only wanted to eat everything in front of him that contained stored energy.

Even... human flesh!

To put it simply, it was appetite.

An appetite that devoured everything!

What was happening to Priestley was precisely that.

However, it had nothing to do with him as a "person." It was merely the spontaneous behavior of those cellular tissues.

There was a very simple question: why were Self-healing Cells called Self-healing Cells?

Because both their devouring nature and healing function would actively stop!

Once the original tissue had been restored to its former state, unless their energy was exhausted and urgently needed replenishment, they would cease devouring and return to their usual dormant state.

Then came the question... why would they stop?

The answer was obvious.

These were Ron's cells. The memories engraved deep within their genes gave every cell a fixed place. How far they needed to go before they could "rest" was orderly and clearly defined within Ron's body.

But inside other living beings, their genetic information did not match Ron's at all. The Self-healing Cells immediately assumed the body was still severely damaged, so