Cataclysmic Era: I can unlock the tech tree

"There is a possibility."

Mao Zhengzhi pondered for a moment, then murmured, "It's like the CPU or graphics card in a computer having too much power, and the power supply can't keep up."

"Yes, that's exactly what I mean!" Dr. Wen nodded in agreement with a smile. "Academician Mao is right!"

"Why is one coma data point missing?" Fang Xu raised an eyebrow, keenly noticing that one of the test reports was missing. "Where's the report from the last coma?"

Upon hearing this, Dr. Wen's face once again showed a conflicted expression.

"Different from the previous times."

"During the last time Professor Lü fell into a coma, there were abnormalities in his brain."

As he spoke, a brain scan of Lü Yongchang appeared in the holographic projection.

In the image, a hole is clearly visible in the central area of ​​Lü Yongchang's brain!

The void was fleeting; the brain scan quickly returned to its original state.

Looking at the test data next to him, Fang Xu gasped sharply.

"Matter energized?"

"How could this happen?!"

"Don't ask me, I don't know either." Dr. Wen shrugged, his eyes filled with confusion. "Since discovering this phenomenon, I've conducted a lot of research, but I still haven't found the reason."

"Even this energy-rich brain region was discovered by sheer chance."

"So far, I have had Professor Lü perform several examinations, and no similar situation has been found."

"etc."

Fang Xu sensed the underlying meaning in Dr. Wen's words: "Up to now?"

"What does that mean?"

Dr. Wen didn't speak, but simply raised his hand and gently tapped the holographic projection.

"These are the test data transmitted from the medical ward."

"If there were no problems with the medical pod, Professor Lü's entire brain would have been completely energized by now."

The originally complex brain structure has completely disappeared at this moment!

Such a horrifying scene plunged the medical center into a deathly silence!

……

silence.

A long silence.

"this……"

"How is this possible..."

Mao Zhengzhi repeated the sentence in a low, strained voice.

"How could carbon-based life forms possibly achieve this level of capability?"

"Biology simply cannot explain this phenomenon!!" Mao Zhengzhi's tone became agitated. "At least, human biology cannot explain this phenomenon!"

Dr. Wen silently shook his head, without responding to Mao Zhengzhi's words.

As for Fang Xu and Su Yutong, they stared blankly at Lü Yongchang lying in the medical pod.

"drop!"

A crisp buzzing sound came from the direction of the medical pod.

Before the group could react, the red indicator light on the surface of the medical pod quietly turned green, and the hatch opened.

"cough……"

Lu Yongchang coughed softly, struggling to sit up: "This is terrible... has he fainted again...?"

In the quiet medical center, his low complaints were crystal clear.

"Dr. Wen, we meet again..." As he spoke, he looked up and glanced ahead.

"belch?!"

The incredibly bizarre scene inside the medical center startled Lü Yongchang so much that he hiccuped.

"Why are you all staring at me like that?"

As he spoke, he looked down at his body and asked, "Is there something wrong with my body?"

Fang Xu looked at Lü Yongchang with a strange expression, hesitating to speak: "I'll say..."

"Yongchang, don't you really feel like something's missing from your body?"

Lu Yongchang's expression was initially calm, but upon hearing Fang Xu's words, his expression instantly changed.

He subconsciously raised his hand and touched the area below his abdomen.

The familiar touch immediately eased his expression.

"Something is missing?"

While checking his own body, Lü Yongchang asked urgently, "What's missing? Explain yourself clearly!"

Fang Xu didn't speak, but instead cast a somewhat frightened look at Lü Yongchang's head.

After a brief pause, Lü Yongchang realized where Fang Xu's gaze was focused.

He raised his hand and touched the organs on his head, then reached out and summoned a holographic image, brought up the camera, and examined it carefully.

"No problem?"

"Fang Xu, explain yourself clearly to me! What exactly happened?!"

Perhaps because he noticed the increasingly strange looks people were giving him, Lü Yongchang's tone became impatient.

"What I mean is..." Fang Xu swallowed hard, his voice slightly hoarse, "Yongchang, don't you feel like your brain has disappeared?"

Lü Yongchang: "???"

"You're the one whose brain has disappeared!"

"Your whole family's brains have disappeared!"

With a look of utter exasperation, Lü Yongchang replied, "Dr. Wen, you tell me, what exactly happened?"

"……professor."

Dr. Wen looked at Lü Yongchang's head with a strange expression: "Academician Fang was right."

"In a sense, your brain has indeed disappeared."

Lü Yongchang: "...??!"

……

"Simply put, my brain has now become a mass of energy?"

Looking at the crowd nodding in agreement, Lü Yongchang waved his hand dismissively, his face darkening. "Nonsense!"

"Listen to yourselves, is this even possible?"

"And you, Academician Mao, you're supposed to be an academician in biology, how can you just go along with their nonsense?"

Mao Zhengzhi smiled wryly, reached up and touched the tip of his nose, and carefully dragged over a holographic image: "Professor, you can see for yourself, we really didn't lie to you."

Lu Yongchang glanced at Mao Zhengzhi suspiciously, then turned to look at the holographic image.

As he stared at the deep, hollow skull-shaped object in the holographic projection, Lü Yongchang's expression gradually froze.

……

A few minutes later.

With various detector electrodes attached to his head, Lü Yongchang lay nervously on the hospital bed, looking at the scanner in front of him, and swallowed hard.

"Let's begin..."

When it comes to his own health, even Lü Yongchang lost his usual composure.

Dr. Wen nodded silently and reached out to turn on each of the high-precision detection instruments.

After a brief wait, a real-time brain scan appeared in the holographic projection.

Looking at the huge hole in the image, Lü Yongchang subconsciously held his breath and then gently shook his head.

The holes in the image appeared to shake simultaneously.

Swish!

Lu Yongchang's face turned deathly pale instantly!

As my mind went blank, a line of faint text surfaced from the depths of my memory.

The first renovation is complete.

Is this the first modification the tech tree system made to him?

It is certain that no one could accept the fact that their brain tissue had completely disappeared and turned into a ball of energy in a short period of time!

P.S.: Thanks to the amazing certification from the expert, Ji Ni Tai Mei!

Thanks to Meow Meow from Zhenyao Pass! What a great massage, sir!