Chapter 567 (1/2)
Hao Ren cautiously went up to the side of the red sphere and held his chin. “Say, if I connect with this thing, will I get schizophrenia? The First Born is a creature that can chat with itself.”
“It shouldn’t be a problem if you’re just connecting with one brain,” the MDT said cautiously. “Plus, this is a severely damaged brain. The equipment in the lab can terminate its activities at any time.”
Hao Ren gritted his teeth. He thought of his identity as God’s agent; in theory, his soul should be indestructible. So, he placed his hand on one of the red spheres, and began to focus his mind. Lily, who had been waiting for a long time, started mumbling, “Mr. Landlord, you look like you’re constipated…”
Lily’s words made Hao Ren thoroughly give up. He could not help but take his hand off the sphere and say, “Why isn’t there any response?”
“You saw nothing?” Vivian stepped forward, feeling concerned. “How did you previously see the memories of the other creatures?”
“I have no idea,” Hao Ren said, scratching his head. “The most I can remember is, when I contacted the gigantic brain, I was touching its tentacles. I just saw its memory naturally. It seemed like a passive interaction.”
“Looks like there’s no use trying without knowing how,” Y’zaks said, coming up with his arm wrapped around his body. “First of all, you have to understand the principles behind reading memories. MDT, have you studied this?”
The MDT shook its body. “His weird power manifests randomly. Without real-time monitoring, who can study it? Why don’t you try another posture and see if it works?”
Hao Ren grinned, and put his hands on the sphere again. He tried eight different ways to trigger his ability, including mind focusing, qi circulation, meditation, and even chanting Raven 12345’s name. This last method summoned an inexplicable ball of light in the air, but everything else failed.
Lily pondered for a moment. She suddenly grabbed Hao Ren’s finger and bit it. However, she screamed in pain because she bit into the Steel membrane Shield. Hao Ren was startled and asked, “Are you out of your mind?”
Lily grumbled and groaned. “I just wanted to try dribbling the your blood over the sphere and see if it works. Ouch, that hurts!”
Hao Ren shot Lily a sideways glance and said, “Hey, you don’t do things like that around here.”
“Looks like we’ve run out of ideas.” Hao Ren felt a bit depressed. “Maybe its electromagnetic wave can’t keep up with mine.”
The MDT was rather optimistic. “Maybe the brain nucleus is too weak and it has temporarily lost its connectivity. Let’s think of a way to get recover it. The Petrachelys has catalyzed a lot of lifeblood in the on-board laboratory. We can use it as nutritional supplements.”
Hao Ren nodded and agreed as there was no better way.
The MDT issued a series of instructions, and two transparent crystal tanks, which looked like some kind of biochemical equipment rose up from the floor in the center of the laboratory. The two brain nuclei were carefully transferred into the two large tanks by way of gravitational force. As the crystallized lid of the tanks closed, a red viscous liquid was rapidly injected into one of the tanks and the brain nucleus was completely submerged in it.
The brain nucleus in the other tank was temporarily submerged in a normal inert solution, because it was not certain yet that the lifeblood could cure the two spheres. The MDT wanted to take precaution.
As for the lifeblood, it was teleported directly from the Petrachelys. When the spacecraft docked at the berth of CARS, a set of space-time devices could allow the two to perform rapid material exchanges, thus eliminating the hassle of traditional loading and unloading methods.
The brain nucleus was soaked in the lifeblood, and it seemed like nothing changed. Lily asked a little worriedly, “Is it experiencing blood-type compatibility issues? Should we first give these two brains a blood test?”