Elliot looked at the icons one by one.
First was the eye symbol, the one Vanessa had chosen: [Spirit Vision +1].
Useful, but it would do nothing for Allen, who was dying at this very moment. Skip it.
Beside the eye symbol was a knife, and beside that was a handgun.
What were these? Something like firearm and knife proficiency in games?
Elliot frowned. He vaguely felt it could not be that simple, but unlike the cards, the icons had no descriptions. He could only guess.
In any case, these two options clearly had nothing to do with healing. Skip them.
Next came the image of a drop of blood and a beating heart.
Elliot perked up!
Blood! Given Allen's condition, this might very well mean "life recovery," "blood regeneration," or "condition restoration"!
The heart needed no explanation. No matter how he looked at it, it had to be related to vitality!
Elliot gave the remaining icons a quick glance. They did not seem directly useful for the emergency at hand, so he turned his gaze back.
"Blood or heart... which should I choose?"
The Difference Engine's low hum sounded like an urging countdown.
Without hesitating for long, Elliot placed Allen's card into the "heart" slot.
The card was swallowed, and golden threads immediately began extending from that point. This time, they traveled much farther than they had during Vanessa's sacrifice, almost reaching a node one level deeper along the route.
"So that's how it works. The pathogen behind Mad Rat Disease can actually be converted into this many golden threads?" Elliot rubbed his chin.
"Come to think of it, infected corpses sell for a lot of money too... Given what I know about the hospital, why don't they deliberately infect corpses like these under controlled conditions?"
"I remember Doctor