Great, we're doomed now!

...It's strange that for cyborgs, their own flesh and blood are the ones that are rejected.

"Ye Shou Ni—"

Just as Mann was about to speak, his eyes suddenly started moving in different directions, and he felt a wave of dizziness. He swayed and fell forward.

Ye Shou quickly helped Mann up, making him slowly bend down and kneel on one knee: "What's wrong?"

"No...it's nothing, it's probably just that the brain's nerves haven't adjusted to the new visual circuits yet...hmm!"

Mann shook his head violently, while Ye Shou narrowed his eyes.

—It's because of healing magic!

The healing magic in Delicious in Dungeon can truly bring the dead back to life and heal the wounded, but it depends on following certain rules:

Magic provides the energy to restore the body, but the missing material at the wound site cannot return out of thin air; it must be replenished from elsewhere.

Generally, the injured person provides the nutrients themselves, which is to compensate for the deficiency by taking from the excess. Therefore, after recovering from serious injuries, the injured person will become a little thinner.

For this reason, adventurers generally "gain weight" and store up some fat without affecting their activities—Fallin's plump figure is the most perfect example.

If your limbs are eaten by monsters and your nutritional reserves are insufficient, you should buy beef or mutton from the market to supplement them.

No matching required, no species differences considered—it's magical!

Ye Shou used his own magic to heal the two times just now—after all, the atmosphere of Cyberpunk only contains the ghosts of capitalists, not elemental sprites.

Therefore, the effect is very limited, and it can only be "minor repairs," although it is already very impressive in the eyes of others.

The materials consumed came from Mann himself. Normally, the weight of an eyeball or a piece of skin wouldn't be much for a healthy person, but Mann was a highly modified cyborg.

The total weight of his flesh and tissue probably doesn't exceed twenty kilograms, and much of it consists of vital organs with almost no fat, such as the brain and spinal cord... It's not easy to extract enough nutrients from these parts.

Mann's current condition is most likely similar to "hypoglycemia".

Suddenly, Ye Shou had a flash of inspiration and a rather strange idea came to mind:

If such a cybernetic person wants to repair their own body, they can probably only rely on synthetic flesh, that is, using crickets and grasshoppers to construct their own body... It's really disgusting to hear about!

"Are you okay?"

"Um... thank you, no! You haven't answered me yet!"

"Where should I begin?" Ye Shou pondered for a moment, then took out a VR glasses-like device and handed it to Mann.

"There's a Mewtwo I specially prepared inside. I left a message in it, and you'll understand after you read it."

"...Could I have gotten myself into some kind of trouble?"

"The reward is the opportunity to leave Night City, and to have a fully healthy body again... Do you want my eyes back?"

"..."

Mann thought about it for a moment, touched his left eye, looked at the obviously different patch of skin on his forearm, and took a deep breath.

He was originally an adventurous and responsible wanderer, so naturally he wouldn't back down at this time.

He really wanted to know what secret Ye Shou was hiding!

"No, I accept!"

-

After the event, Lucy didn't rejoin the team. Instead, she naturally followed Ye Shou home, and the Cyberpunk team members acted as if it were perfectly normal.

"What did Sasha say?"

"She really wanted to see the scenery in Mewtwo, but I felt she was a little skeptical."

"Heh~"

Ye Shou chuckled, unsurprised.

Even if there are pristine natural environments in Cyberpunk, they are mostly private gardens of the super-rich. As for the macro-level scenery, you really can't find it anywhere else, so it's normal for me to have some doubts.

However, once she got on Ye Shou's pirate ship, she definitely wouldn't be able to get off—just look at Lucy!

What's it like for the residents of Night City to go to the main world? They feel like they need a lung cleanse just to go back to their hometown!

Therefore, when Ye Shou is selecting people, he only needs to consider whether they are reliable and obedient, and does not need to worry about whether the treatment will be enough to retain them.

"So how did you convince Boss Mann?"

Lucy's expression was strange: "He went to the back alley with you, and when he came back he was acting all fussy, covering his arm and rubbing his eyes, like a little girl who had been bullied—everyone noticed that, and they started looking at you strangely."

"This is all because you have too much imagination."

Ye Shou couldn't help but burst into laughter, then said seriously, "I performed a little magic trick for him..."

After listening to Ye Shou's story, Lucy blinked, both curious and expectant.

"You can even do something like this?!"

"These little tricks I just learned these past few days seem incredible, but they're really nothing special."

Ye Shou leaned back on the sofa, saying with an air of superiority, "Who knows, I might even learn something more exciting in the future~"

"I see... Can those children also use my body?"

Lucy's first instinct was to look down at herself, but then she remembered the children at the medical center.

The prosthetic technology being developed by the Blue Dream Group is certainly promising, but in Lucy's opinion, no matter how excellent the mechanical performance is, it is ultimately not as good as a living flesh body!

(In fact, people in the main world have never experienced an AI rebellion, nor have they ever seen cyberpsychotics, so they don't get caught up in the ethical issues between machines and the flesh.)

When this was mentioned, Ye Shou became serious: "It depends on the situation. The essence of healing magic is 'repairing damage.' If the injury was recent or not long ago, there won't be any problems with treatment."

However, if it is a congenital disease, healing magic is powerless, and prosthetics are still necessary.

However, if the injury is acquired later in life, and several years have passed... the person's consciousness and soul may have completely forgotten that part of the body, and it will not regenerate during repair.

"That Mann?"

"Because you are cyborgs, you have replaced your flesh and blood with machines. You still have various senses and nerve impulses, so your soul has a new vessel and has not forgotten the shape of this part of your body."

Even after the prosthetic body is removed, you will still have a subconscious feeling of 'physical injury,' so healing magic can still be used to repair it.

At this point, Ye Shou suddenly realized that if he used healing magic on those "over-modified" cyborgs—for example, those with three arms or six legs—wouldn't that create something like a chimera?

...We need to be careful!

The human body is a very precise structure, with each component fitting perfectly. The reason why prosthetics can be so varied and unique is because they are supported by extra energy and high-tech materials.

If a flesh-and-blood body were to become like that, it would most likely die suddenly due to reasons such as blood pressure, oxygen supply, or joint problems, right?

"Is it 'sensory' and 'consciousness' that are important?" Lucy wasn't stupid and quickly understood what Ye Shou meant. "It seems difficult to explain scientifically."

“Because it involves the concept of the soul, it needs to be explained using magic.” Ye Shou smiled slightly. “Our group is also researching ‘Yao Guang’, and in the future we may be able to analyze the essence of the soul… If we reach that point, we may be able to solve the related problems.”

"...You've made me want to try it myself."

Lucy put down her drink, climbed over onto Ye Shou's side on the sofa, and rolled over to lie on his lap.

"Would you like me to try it out?"

"You have a real thirst for knowledge, Miss Lucy!"

"After all, I'm currently working for a shady company and an unscrupulous boss. If I don't keep up with cutting-edge technology, I might get fired."

"This makes me feel so ashamed~"

Ye Shou stroked his silky silver short hair and smiled, "Let's give it a try... Which part do you plan to repair?"

"Removing the artificial organs and bones would require surgery... so let's use skin instead."

Lucy took the boy's right hand and pressed it against her neck.

"here."

Then there's the bare shoulder area.

"here."

Next is the collarbone.

"here."

Finally, here comes the one below.

"besides……"

Ye Shou raised an eyebrow: "Is this place one too?"

The feel... is very natural.

"Would you like to have this checked?"

Lucy looked up and met Ye Shou's gaze, applying slight pressure with her hand, causing Ye Shou's fingertips to sink deep into her skin.

"Well……"

Her face flushed slightly, and her eyes gradually filled with tears, revealing the expression of a bad girl.

"Doctor, is this how you feel during a physical exam?"

"no way."

Ye Shou's fingers moved as gently as if caressing jade, sometimes with force.

"I'm very thorough when I examine patients."

Although he did not have a medical license, Ye Shou's medical ethics were beyond question. Even though it was a free clinic, he still did his best to examine the surrounding area carefully.

From color to texture to temperature, it proves to be an extremely healthy and vibrant young woman, a rare natural product in Night City.

"Such a beautiful color, just like cherry blossoms~"

"To say something like that without batting an eye... Hmm... Aren't you an unscrupulous doctor?"

"You naughty child, how dare you slander me like that."

Ye Shou's fingertip twitched, causing Lucy to instinctively tighten her lips.

"Don't you know you should 'follow your doctor's orders'?"

"...I was wrong, doctor...don't be so mean."

Despite saying this, Lucy held Ye Shou's right hand and continued downwards.