Chapter 257 (1/2)
Hilda’s sudden collapse shocked everyone present. Hao Ren, who was the closest managed to recover his wits the fastest and he quickly lifted Hilda by her shoulder. “Hey, hey! What’s going on?!”
The elven queen was thoroughly unsconcious and Hao Ren felt as if he was clutching a corpse. Her body was stiff, her face pale, and he could not even sense any breathing from her. Vivian, who soon recovered quickly conjured a block of ice to shock the queen, and she also used her blood magic to jolt her circulatory system. It was only after a good while that Hilda started breathing again. However, there were no signs of her gaining consciousness.
“My god, what’s going on? Did she go into shock after getting that burden off?” Hao Ren wondered aloud as the possibility crossed his mind.
Vivian’s expression was grim but confused. “No… doesn’t seem like it. I don’t feel any… ‘life’ in her. I force-started her circulatory system and muscle activity to ‘revive’ the body, so she should’ve woken up by now…”
As Vivian previously stated, Hilda’s bodily activities had ceased completely within mere minutes, she felt totally like a corpse. Vivian’s unique blood magic had revived her physical body, but she was still out, with no signs of gaining consciousness any time soon. It looked like her spirit had left her mortal shell, and all that was left in front of them was a mere husk of an active body.
“Stand aside, let me do a cursory scan.” The MDT seemed to have something in mind and it started scanning Hilda’s body with a faint blue light. “Basic health scan completed… Low level biological functions detected. No brain activity detected, no signs of nerve impulse, no signs of polymorphic spiritual energy… Initial diagnosis… Death… Holy sh*t, this elf may very well be dead.”
“You gotta be sh*tting me…” Hao Ren was stunned. He never thought such a good news would be the end of Hilda. He quickly recovered and turned to Vivian. “Quick, use your…. resurrection spell or something!”
“It’s no use.” The MDT interrupted Vivian’s preparations. “She already used her blood magic to revive Hilda’s body. Technically, the body is still alive. Her current state however… There’s something deeper to this. There’s a general use medi-chamber in the ship. We need to get her there to do a full scan.
Y’zaks immediately got up and turned towards the elevator as he heard this, but Vivian quickly stopped him. “Hold it. Let’s keep this on the down low… Panic will ensue if this goes out.”
“They will know sooner or later, no?” Y’zaks turned around.
“I agree with Vivian.” Hao Ren nodded. “We need to buy some time until the medi-chamber comes up with a proper report. MDT, teleport us to back to the ship. Vivian, you’re the smart one, stay back and deal with the elves… If anyone asks, just say that the queen led us out to inspect some parts of the city…”
“Can we fool them though?” Vivian was confused. “How do we even trick the elevator guards? How would the queen leave the room?”
Hao Ren pointed towards the window. “Didn’t a white, furry beast go wild and jump out of the window yesterday? I think the guards should be somewhat resistant to surprises like this. Besides, their queen has been in our company for quite a while, so I think that excuse will be able hold for a while. Whether the medi-chamber works or not, I’ll try to get you something within two hours. Also, if Lily comes back, just get her to behave… No… Just let her run wild outside. She’s one spoiler we don’t need right now.”
Hao Ren was usually slow and steady, but facing such an emergency, he seemed to be in his element. He calmly gave out orders while Vivian nodded as she took everything in. Before he left, he pulled out a small, shiny cube from his Dimensional Pocket and placed it in her hand. “Hold on to this. This is the ship’s unregistered passenger’s communicator. I’ll ring you if there’s anything.”
Hao Ren’s tenants did not have any authority in the Imperial Data Network and thus, could not connect to the mental communication network. The Petrachelys on the other hand, was a ship designed for inspectors and inspectors had to frequently work with commoners who had not access to the Data Network. As such, the ship came with such communicators. They could only access a singular secured channel that did not cross with the Data Network. A convenient tool indeed. Hao Ren had grabbed a handful and stuffed them into the Dimensional Pocket before he left the ship. It was only at this point that he recalled having done that.