Astartes of the Bear School

Chapter 1393 1365. [Nerve Knot]

Lan En doesn't attach much importance to the [Lariman Organ], a super organ whose main function is to quickly heal wounds and scars. That's because his own recovery ability has been greatly improved due to his unique body transformation process and the resources around him.

With his body's ability to recover at this level, what he should pursue next is at least the level of 'self-regeneration of severed limbs'.

Of course, if external forces were taken into account and suitable limbs were cultivated using crystal cultivation technology, he would now be able to reconnect the broken limbs.

However, the next surgical procedure after this not-so-important organ enhancement was the one that Lan En was more concerned about.

——[Neural ganglion] implantation.

According to the surgical procedure, this soybean-sized super organ will be implanted into the brain through a hole drilled in the occipital bone at the back of the head.

It will effectively regulate the Space Marines' neural electrical rhythms and thereby regulate brain neural activity.

Through its adjustments, the Space Marine will be able to remain alert at all times, while the left and right hemispheres of the brain will be able to rest alternately, like a dolphin.

What ordinary people call 'long-term concentration, mental and physical exhaustion, and the destruction of the body and shortening of life' will become a daily attitude that is hardly a burden to the Space Marines.

The speed of nerve reactions will also increase dramatically due to regulation by the super organs in the brain.

Although a certain amount of rest is still needed, this surgery almost overturns the daily routine and working state that the human brain has maintained since its formation.

Because its effect is so strong and significant, it may even cause the brain to become unable to adapt, thus causing severe distortion and oppression on the psychological area of ​​the surgical recipient through physiological channels.

Being able to concentrate at all times, or in other words, being fully focused is the normal state of a Space Marine.

This effect of suddenly increasing the amount of information received and the speed of processing in the brain in daily life, based on Lan En's experience gained from [Memory Dive], will cause psychological alienation in most of the recipients.

However, in that interstellar human empire, the cold and hard way of doing things that makes people feel frightened is also reflected in the handling of psychological distortion.

The pharmacists in the Space Marines will conduct a strict hypnosis treatment on the patients in this stage, using hypnosis to regulate the biological and motor activity of the [nerve knot].

The hypnotist will use a combination of secret words and hypnosis helmets to adjust the body's hormone disorders caused by abnormal brain nerve movement and psychological abnormalities.

If there is no means of adjustment, the patient at this stage will show a nearly insane trait.

Due to hormone disorders and mental alienation, their bodies will produce uncontrollable killing rage, abnormal obsession with pain, crazy bliss, no worries about the present world, and emptiness and confusion.
If the subject still cannot survive this turbulent mental upheaval under the influence of hypnosis, then he will be deemed unqualified to become a Space Marine.

The surgical procedure was declared a failure, followed by harmless disposal.

At least that's how Lann saw the regiment operate during his [Memory Dive].

But considering the differences in customs and culture between chapters, I wonder if other places handle it the same way.

And there is another point, which actually puzzled Lan En who was collecting information at that time -

Those Space Marines who underwent surgery, are their own hormone regulation functions so weak?

Do you still need to use external hypnosis to interfere with the body's hormone secretion?
Anyway, after the [gene seed] was implanted in his body, the secretion of hormones was basically under the strong supervision of this super organ.

Later, the [Hymn Gland] was implanted in the right brain hemisphere, and the ability to regulate and monitor the body became more powerful and comprehensive.

The hormone secretion levels in his body have basically never gone wrong, and if there is a problem, he can adjust it back on his own.

I don’t know if it’s because he was first transformed by the Demon Hunter and then had the [Gene Seed] implanted.

Or maybe it’s because the super organs he implanted in his body were all modified versions that he tailored to local conditions.

Or maybe it’s because there’s a biochemical intelligent brain from the Human Union in his brain?

Anyway, it is hard to say how much similarity there is between Lan's body transformation and that of an ordinary Space Marine.

In addition to paying attention to the effectiveness of the super organ "Neural Knot", the demon hunter is also troubled by the technique of this operation.

After all, there was only one surgical approach he could think of to place an artificial organ the size of a soybean into the brain by drilling a hole through the occipital bone at the back of the head.

"Cassandra."

Lan En held a parchment with smudged, rewritten, and messy data in his hand and muttered to himself.

He wanted to implant the [Neural Knot] made based on the data he had calculated and the production path he had planned into his own brain. Undoubtedly, he needed the help of the fully automatic medical module of the [Ankh Cross].

It was a crystallization of the biotechnology of the Isu civilization, the predecessor of mankind, in another world.

"Hmm? Did you say anything just now?" Filixia was busy adjusting the equipment on the other side, and turned to look at Lan En in confusion. "No, nothing." Lan En also shook his head, rolling up the parchment about the production process of [Neural Knot] in his hand and putting it back in his pocket while speaking.

It's time to take another trip to the ancient Greek world.

Hopefully, this time, he can help Cassandra free herself from the 'ancient Greek family tragedy' she's involved in, as well as the entanglement with the Cult of Order behind the scenes.

But I probably won’t have time to rest this time.

Lan En looked at the busy Felicia Corey and decided to call her to the laboratory so that she wouldn't have to run around the college to help set up the venue.

The witcher leaned against the table with his arms folded across his chest, his eyes blank.

The Scoia'tael is becoming more and more powerful in the north. The tension between the north and the south, which had been relieved by the war, is now showing signs of breaking out again. Geralt's news is that someone is investigating the situation.
Plus there’s the high-level wizard gathering in Aretusa.

To be honest, Lan En always felt that there was an atmosphere of trouble here.

In any case, he was not prepared to re-enter the celestial sphere intersection rift under such a situation.

"Dong dong."

Lan En was thinking in his mind when a steady knock on the door came, bringing the witcher back to his senses.

"Please come in."

Lan En responded, then turned around and tidied up the messy desk, collecting all his calculation data and traces.

The leather boots stepped on the marble floor with a crisp 'click' sound.

Miss Hunter from Yharnam opened the door and walked in with a unique quiet temperament.

"Ms. Margarita said you were here." Maria glanced around the laboratory before settling on Lan. "We are ready and can leave at any time."

Aretuza's laboratory is much better than Yanan's Healing Church, at least in terms of perception.

Although the appearance of the Healing Church is that of the 18th century, which should be more advanced than the magical Middle Ages, unfortunately, Yharnam is a gloomy and weird place.

Aretuza's laboratory was at least well-lit and logically arranged, with each experimental device clearly laid out.

But we won’t create a corner in the laboratory where light can’t reach, or put in a secret door or something like that.

"I think so." Lan nodded to Maria, "You are always very neat."

As he spoke, the demon hunter cleaned up his experimental traces and took the organ preservation bottle containing the [Lariman Organ] from Felicia's hand.

There are also a few additional books.

"Stanmoreford's Supplement on Alchemy, all four volumes, huh."

The sorceress apprentice who had not yet graduated had a hard time taking the four large volumes out of her backpack, and she spoke while panting slightly.

"This set of books has been in the library for two hundred years? I'm glad you still know the catalog of this set. Ms. Mindy had a hard time looking for it before she found it."

"Thank you, Felicia." Lan En thanked with a smile while putting the big book into his alchemical leather bag.

The space expansion pack made the sorceress apprentice a little jealous. Although she was confident that she would be able to afford it after graduation with her accumulated qualifications, she was still a "poor student" after all.

"You're welcome." Felicia Corey had been familiar with Lan En for a long time. She teased the demon hunter in front of her, "If you hadn't stood up and left when Ms. Minty hooked her foot under the table on your thigh, she would have come here to deliver these books in person now."

"That's why I stood up and left."

"The dean doesn't care about this." Felicia smiled teasingly. "She might find it exciting if she really saw it."

The demon hunter thought about it and finally nodded: "80% likely."

But then he quickly shook his head: "But she is excited, and I can't stay here any longer."

If the first person who dares to try it really tastes the sweetness, then he will really be drowned in the gossip and scandals described by the outside world.

Unfortunately, both Tishaya and Lan En care a lot about the academic atmosphere in Aretuza.

It's one thing for the sorceresses to have fun, but they can't afford to mess up the running of the academy just for the sake of having fun.

(End of this chapter)