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Chapter 77 Even a Cunning Way to Clear the Game Counts

As it turns out, Felicia truly lived up to her title as the Witch of the West.

In this world, the west wind, as a symbol of hope and life, often appears in various literary works and poetry collections.

At the same time, it is also seen as a symbol of the arrival of spring.

Her exquisite healing techniques, completely different from those of the Church of Radiance, perfectly showcased the profound strength of this young powerhouse.

Um----

Although all three agreed to the surgery, Vera refused to let herself, the only one among them with a medical license, perform the procedure.

Damn it, are doctors who treat trolls, lizardmen, and goblins not doctors?

Even veterinarians treat medicine, let alone him.

Fortunately, although Felicia couldn't perform surgery, her methods of prolonging life were exceptional.

The method, which Li Wei had never seen before, seemed to allow for the free extraction, increase, decrease, and distribution of life energy. Vera, who had been given a full dose of anesthesia, was completely unaware that she had been literally disemboweled.

Felicia, covered in blood, held a cylindrical machine about the length of her forearm, covered in cables.

The faint light emanating from it pierced through the still-dry bloodstains and flickered before Li Wei's eyes.

"This is the device inside her body—phew, I'm exhausted, my psionic energy reserves are almost depleted. You can pretend I don't exist for the rest of the battle."

Felicia said, carefully placing the items on the table.

"The good news is, at least you don't have to try to build a device yourself."

"Bad news—it seems they gave her too much anesthesia; Miss Vera won't wake up anytime soon."

Looking at Vera, who lay peacefully on the bed covered in blood, Li Wei tentatively asked, "Are you sure it was an overdose of anesthesia, and that you killed her, right?"

"Hey!" Felicia grumbled in dissatisfaction, then said, "I'm going to take a shower and change my clothes. You can study this device yourself."

After saying that, Felicia left the room and went to the bathroom in the suite.

Li Wei first went to the bedside to check Vera's vital signs. After confirming that she was still alive and was even snoring softly, Li Wei then looked at the disassembled device.

"Is this... the origin of jamming technology?"

"It looks like a simple mechanical device."

Why must it be placed inside the human body?

"Moreover, according to the manipulator, the research institute discovered some special characteristics in his daughter, which is why she was chosen as the experimental target."

"etc----"

"Is it a case where the technology is already perfected, but lacks the driving force?"

Li Wei observed the cables extending from the device and brought them up to examine them closely.

These things seem to be used for transmitting energy?

This reminds me of Felicia's complaints when she disemboweled Vera, whose body was riddled with holes and artificially modified organs.

This method is very similar to the technology of the Church of Radiance, the mechanization of the human body.

However, the modifications were not extensive; they simply inserted tubes into vital organs such as the heart and kidneys, connecting them to the device.

In return, the girl's entire digestive system was removed to house the device.

The stomach and intestines have completely disappeared, replaced by mechanical structures.

Fortunately, these mechanical structures do not require this device to provide power.

Its very existence is more like a kind of life-sustaining system.

Considering that the device's function requires activation through life energy.

Is it because life energy is impossible to quantify, so it can only be triggered and released through the "human body"?

If we think about it from this perspective, isn't the talent that the experimental girl played by Vera possesses—the quantitative regulation of life energy?

Such special individuals do occasionally exist in the world.

They are born with a connection to the dream world, and every time they enter a dream, they are invited to travel within the dream world.

These people will also awaken their own unique traits and talents.

However, innate strength also means danger.

These special individuals are born extraordinary, able to accumulate spiritual energy without meditation, and even possess the physical constitution required to store spiritual energy, which is only attainable at the third energy level.

However, the risk of them getting out of control is also very high.

Their intense contact with the dream world will allow them to perceive facts that ordinary people cannot understand or accept.

Knowledge, or disaster.

Then—they will become the hub that distorts reality.

This has caused a much more severe swamp phenomenon than usual.

Unlike ordinary people, these special individuals have the ability to actively initiate the formation of swamps.

They were often strictly controlled, and if discovered, they would be executed on the spot.

etc----

A terrifying thought flashed through Li Wei's mind, making his hair stand on end and cold sweat break out.

If the experimental girl is such a special being, having undergone inhuman modification and torture.

What if she suffers a mental breakdown, triggering the swamp phenomenon, or for some other reason, she initiates the swamp phenomenon herself?

Could the quest to stop the swampification not have been caused by the Balrog at all, but rather by—

Li Wei looked at Vera, who was lying on the bed and whose anesthesia was still in effect.

I seem to have overlooked a problem.

That's the working principle of the shielding technology mounted on the Colossus.

Although the Imperial government has never released any information related to the technology.

But other factions can guess for themselves.

Although Li Wei was not a big shot before, thanks to his travels and research on history, he had read through several speculative documents from the Kingdom of Kaval.

There are not only kingdoms, but also federations, and even some speculative information released by the Church of Radiance and the Church of Tranquility.

There are countless speculations from various parties, and it's fair to say that each one has a different approach.

However, there is one point that all the forces that have issued reports and made conjectures have acknowledged.

That is the essence of shielding technology, a technology that reverses swamp formation.

The swamp phenomenon is a distortion of reality by a dream world.

The characteristic of shielding technology is that it reverses this, reinforces the real space, and can even influence the dream world in turn.

"Thump"

As the thought flashed through Li Wei's mind, he found himself ejected from the ritual.

He sat in the hall where the ceremony began, facing the wandering ghosts who sat on high-backed chairs.

He looked to his left and right; Felicia and Vera were still in a dream state.

He looked at the wandering ghost and asked, "So, my promotion failed?"

"No. Quite the opposite. You succeeded." A soft laugh came from beneath the ghost's mask.

Then, the mysterious apostle began to applaud.

"But unfortunately, your ceremony ends here."

"Although you've only guessed at the possibility, letting you continue thinking about it might lead to some—not very good—results."

That's just how the world is.

"There are too many taboos, too many things we shouldn't know, too many things we shouldn't delve into, and too many things we shouldn't think about."

Even the gods have their own taboos that they cannot touch.

"You chose to cheat this time, but I did interrupt your ritual, so let's call it even."