The Significance of a Head's Existence

"Scheduling one X432 repair technique session per month can shorten the treatment cycle to about six months!"

"I can't afford it!"

After listening to Zhang Manqian's analysis, Professor Luo Hui made a quick decision.

After discarding Zhang Manqian, the most suitable sequencer, his attention quickly turned to Ding Hao.

Ding Hao has the weakest gene-fighting ability, Ding Hao is the only one among the sequencers who wants to improve his genes.

Ding Hao's wish was even simple: he just wanted to possess the genetic traits of terrestrial creatures.

Ding Hao had also practiced several Gene Fighting Technique. Although he hadn't developed any special abilities, Ding Hao at least had a very high level of mastery over the corresponding Gene Fighting Technique and rarely needed to start practicing from scratch.

If Ding Hao possesses the relevant genes, he can quickly adapt and even exhibit impressive abilities.

This is exactly the same training that Zuo Teng and others used to undergo.

Ding Hao just didn't have Zuo Teng's luck. He was tricked into getting crippled and had his blood transfused with superior genes from aquatic creatures at a high price.

"Gao Gao, do you think the tortoise shell genetic traits would suit your team?"

Considering the limited conditions in his laboratory and Ding Hao's cultivation conditions, Luo Hui began to offer his opinions to this grandson whom the Lineage was focusing on cultivating.

"Is Zhang Manqian really no good anymore?" Luo Gaogao said disappointedly.

"She won't be able to make it to the event," Luo Hui said helplessly. "Even if she forces herself to participate, the negative impact on you if she gets a seizure and starts beating around recklessly will outweigh the benefits."

"That's such a pity!"

Luo Gaogao considered Zhang Manqian's abilities, her fearlessness of pain, and then the scene of Zhang Manqian's frenzied beating. In the end, he had no choice but to give up the idea.

"As long as the teammates you recommend can hold off Zhou Tianhao for a while, I'm not afraid to go head-to-head with Zuo Teng. I can beat him until his face is bruised and battered," Luo Gaogao said.

"It's settled then!"

Luo Hui nodded.

Zhang Manqian has a good foundation, which makes her more capable and reduces expenses.

The cost of creating Ding Hao is clearly higher than that of Zhang Manqian, which is why Professor Luo Hui had previously ruled out this option.

Now that the first plan has failed after only a few days, he can only consider the second plan.

"What a pity!"

After Professor Luo Hui and others arranged for medical staff to take care of him and hurriedly left the Tangshan Sanatorium, Zhang Xuezhou sighed slightly.

"You need an X432 repair session every month? That's too high a price to pay!" Ren Anran said. "No Lineage is willing to bear such a cost!"

"Well, I'm also looking at it from the perspective of a sequencing conference. If my sister wants to join their team, she'll have to pay at least this much!"

Considering the losses caused by Zhang Xuezhou Zhang Manqian joining Luo Gaogao's team, the presence of Song Sijia as the sole support, and the potential elimination issue, Zhang Xuezhou had no choice but to raise the price.

But he didn't expect Luo Hui to give up on Zhang Manqian so decisively.

Clearly, the two sides felt that the costs they paid were on completely different levels.

But Zhang Xuezhou felt that the price was indeed worthwhile. If he were willing to invest in the X432 repair technology, Zhang Manqian's level in the Mental Strengthening Chapter would inevitably become higher and higher.

This kind of Mental Strengthening can also be beneficial to the cultivation of realm techniques.

If Zhang Manqian can break through to the True Spirit Realm, it's almost equivalent to the team gaining a heavyweight player who guarantees participation in the finals.

Song Sijia's offer to pay her off wasn't without reason; she was genuinely worth the price.

If Zhang Manqian could reach the True Spirit Realm, her influence would definitely be greater than Zhang Xuezhou's.

He sighed, feeling that Professor Luo Hui didn't know what he was talking about.

Compared to the uncertain victory he currently holds at the sequencing conference, Zhang Xuezhou is more interested in the tangible benefits he has already secured.

But he couldn't get this high-level treatment, so he had to give up in disappointment.

You're too greedy!

Ren Anran frowned slightly.

Knowing she wouldn't be able to attend the sequencing conference, Ren Anran felt that Zhang Xuezhou wanted to secure a good benefit for Zhang Manqian, but she thought the benefit was outrageous.

Luo Gaogao is quite famous among the younger generation. Whenever Luo Gaogao makes a statement, a group of people will beg him to join the team.

Zhang Xuezhou was planning to extract seven parts of the X432 repair technology from Luo Hui, something no major Lineage in Western Capital would agree to.

Money is one aspect, but the real trouble lies in the hidden costs of maintaining good relationships by continuously demanding high-end medical care.

Zhang Xuezhou's request is simply impossible to fulfill.

Ren Anran pondered this several times before finally perceiving something else within this impossible situation.

Zhang Xuezhou seemed to feel that receiving this reward was normal; even if he hadn't gotten it, Zhang Xuezhou wouldn't have lost much.

Am I overlooking something?

Ren Anran pondered this several times without success.

However, she was unwilling to directly ask Zhang Xuezhou what he had planned.

As a mind-based sequencer, Ren Anran prefers to rely on her keen intuition to hone herself through this kind of intellectual clash.

Do you think there's anyone in our world who can survive on just their brain?

It wasn't until they followed Zhang Xuezhou into a blind spot of the surveillance cameras, cutting off the video and audio access, that Zhang Xuezhou asked Ren Anran a question.

This surprised Ren Anran slightly.

"You mean a person, not some kind of animal?" Ren Anran asked curiously.

"Yes, people!"

Zhang Xuezhou nodded. There are many cases of animals that can survive for a period of time even with a missing head, but there are few cases of humans who can survive with only one head remaining.

Zhang Xuezhou was completely baffled as to how to instill fear in Zhang Manqian through this person.

If he weren't Zhang Manqian's brother, Zhang Xuezhou felt that few people would believe Zhang Manqian's words.

However, given the rapid pace of technological advancements, Zhang Xuezhou does not rule out the possibility that some laboratories might have produced some strange or unusual things.

"A person can't survive without a body," Ren Anran stated definitively. "Without a body's blood supply, the brain can't maintain vital signs, and will die completely within seconds to minutes."

"Are there any special genes that can sustain a brain for a long time?" Zhang Xuezhou asked.

"That's not my area of research," Ren Anran shook his head and said, "Such research seems pointless!"

To enable a brain to survive outside the body, it would be necessary to conduct live experiments with many brains.

Ren Anran considered the cost of such an experiment, and then thought about its potential results. He concluded that it was unlikely that any Lineage in Western Capital would undertake such a costly research project.

Does it have any meaning?

Ren Anran's words do make sense.

With the advancement of gene technology, the minds of individuals with higher gene sequences may have died, but their physical bodies may still be active.

If an entire body can survive for a long time, there is no need to conduct complex research to maintain the activity of a single brain.

Such research is meaningless, and no high-ranking individual would be willing to offer their brain for others to conduct such research while they are still alive.

Assuming Zhang Manqian's statement is true, and given the premise that such research makes it meaningless to sustain a brain's survival, Zhang Xuezhou can only conclude that Professor Luo Hui's laboratory contains a special high-order sequence brain.

"Its specialness is definitely not because of the head's survival ability, nor because the head still possesses the genetic combat ability to unleash mental deterrence; what it needs is..."

After some thought, Zhang Xuezhou could only conclude that the head held special significance for Professor Luo Hui.

Perhaps a loved one's illness led to amputation, leaving only their head to maintain emotional ties.

Perhaps it's the lingering head of a dead opponent, meant to make them experience the agony of being unable to live and unable to die.

Or perhaps this belongs to a special skull, containing the answers Professor Luo Hui seeks.

Ren Anran's exploration of this issue is rather weak; if Ren Yisheng were to experience a similar event, Zhang Xuezhou might be able to find the answer directly.

Considering that Ren Yisheng's place was under even stricter surveillance and had a dense network of various monitoring systems, and that this matter most likely involved Professor Luo Hui's privacy, Zhang Xuezhou had no choice but to temporarily abandon the idea of asking and discussing it.