Legend of the Cyber Heroes
Chapter 821 - 66: Union

Chapter 821: Chapter 66: Union

If Li Zheyuan had hands and feet now, he might slump to the ground...

No, that’s not right; this is a zero-gravity environment.

He just stared at Jeanne’s exposed biological brain, momentarily engulfed in confusion.

"This... this is... this... what... are you... indeed..."

The man began to babble incoherently.

Asgard stepped forward: "Wait a minute... hold on, there’s a problem. The artificial neural circuit implantation surgery you performed... was it done inside the training camp?"

Artificial Neural Circuit technology was completed eighty years ago by the Earth-based Scientific Knight Order’s Hospital Knight Order, and was locked and reviewed for a long time due to its suspected connection with the Eighth Martial God, now it’s unblocked. King Aqini realized the potential of this technology in military formations and inner strength, so the labs he fostered also launched relevant projects.

In recent decades, many military formation martial studies practiced by Moon’s Martial Artists are related to this new technology.

Asgard and Jeanne, in this batch of trainees, received surgery after entering the training camp, implanting artificial neurons into their brains.

This surgery permanently enhanced their spatial cognitive ability and had a chance of improving the efficiency of inner strength training.

This surgery was performed on all of them.

However...

"The surgery on me deviates from the description. This surgery was not directly meant to enhance certain cognitive abilities in me." Jeanne can already calmly articulate this fact.

But Asgard found it hard to accept: "This... this..."

She grasped her weapon, shouting, "This was a transformation surgery from the training camp!"

"So for ten years, I’ve been investigating the people behind the training camp physicians. I know this behavior would inevitably bring them certain benefits. These benefits might derive from manipulating the chivalrous forces, or from the requirements of some research. Thus, I came to Mars with this tumor."

Jeanne continued: "On Mars, I followed the hierarchical teaching relationships of the training camp physician and sought out the Scientific Knight Order on Mars. Soon, on Mars, I came into contact with a force named ’Six Dragons Sect’. Six Dragons Sect is a concealed force organized by personnel within the Scientific Knight Order. The members are unknown, the purpose is unclear. Several Scientific Knight Orders are associated with it, but I’m still not sure whether these Knight Orders are entirely made up of Six Dragons Sect members, or if only individual members from within have joined the Six Dragons Sect."

Xiang Shan added: "Perhaps both situations exist..."

Asgard lowered her head, saying: "The cleansing back then, it really was related to Xiang Shan... but..."

"Even if there truly were elements of Xiang Shan, that originates from their surgeries, from the premise of deceiving us while feeding us special drugs!" Jeanne was furious: "If King Aqini issued the cleansing command without knowing any of this, then he’s a waste, our enemy. If he issued the command while knowing part of the clues... then he never cared about us. He’s our enemy."

Asgard said nothing.

Jeanne said: "At this point, do you still want to serve that old dog Hartman? Asgard!"

Dead comrades flashed in Asgard’s mind. The woman was instantly ignited by rage: "That old dog... damn Jakub Hartman!"

"Given Hartman’s inner strength level, he should not be completely ignorant of such organizations. He might think he could control the scale of the Six Dragons Sect, believed he fully grasped the movements of the Six Dragons Sect—until he realized the Six Dragons Sect was creating things like ’me’." Tumor Xiang Shan laughed: "I guess that’s probably the process..."

He knew Jakub Hartman as an individual very well.

A tiny metal object swiftly flew across the surface of Jeanne’s brain.

Then, numerous mechanical arms slowly reinstalled the dismantled electronic devices back.

Jeanne said: "Asgard... for the sake of our past comrades, you have to help me."

"Mm..." Despite having returned to her everyday stance, Asgard’s body showed a tendency toward aggression. She was "angry".

"No matter what, I must count myself in this matter."

"Now it’s Li Zheyuan and Xiang Shan in my brain," Jeanne said, "Xiang Shan is a powerful force. However, this tumor will take my life, so I must treat it. Also, within his cells lie the crystallized technology of the Six Dragons Sect. These technologies might be found in the development records in the Scientific Knight Order’s database."

"For these two reasons, we must control Li Zheyuan."

Speaking of this, Jeanne held her forehead, paused for a moment, then turned to Li Zheyuan, saying: "You’ve seen it too, Li Zheyuan. Xiang Shan wants to kill you. The brain area he exists in was originally responsible for my biological instincts... I naturally have the urge to kill you. I cannot guarantee I can restrain it every time. If you still want to survive..."

Xiang Shan’s voice suddenly emanated from Jeanne’s synthesizer: "Giving you an opportunity, try killing this me."

Li Zheyuan only managed to utter a moan.

...............

A few minutes later, Li Zheyuan obtained a new body.

Of course, only the upper half, no legs.

Li Zheyuan just floated in front of an instrument.

Jeanne gently flicked, tossing two samples towards Li Zheyuan: "These are my original neural cells and the mutated neural cells."

Tumor Xiang Shan is impossible to surgically detach. Jeanne’s and Tumor Xiang Shan’s neural networks are entangled together. Even in Tao Enhai’s full prime, it cannot separate Tumor Xiang Shan without killing Jeanne.

Besides, Li Zheyuan cannot perform surgery either.

He’s a geneticist, it’s natural for him to develop gene therapies or drugs.

Jeanne naturally wouldn’t let Li Zheyuan have the chance to touch her brain. She must prevent Li Zheyuan from breaking loose and pursuing mutual destruction; the sampling was also personally done.

In the end, if Li Zheyuan provided a treatment plan that killed Jeanne and Xiang Shan, then Asgard would be responsible for executing Li Zheyuan—or rather, Asgard is another level of insurance to ensure Li Zheyuan wouldn’t provide a wrong treatment plan for self-protection.

Li Zheyuan nervously moved some distance with his hands, as if trying to get a bit farther from Jeanne.

From his perspective, Jeanne is no different than a wild beast ready to explode at any moment. Yet, he still took the samples, separated a portion, and first began observing using basic optical methods.

"Do you need any other equipment? You can just ask."