Yarra’s Adventure Notes
Chapter 609 - 75: Parasitic Organism_1

Chapter 609: Chapter 75: Parasitic Organism_1

"There is a comprehensive treatment. Searle Syndrome was first discovered by Dr. Searle in 6945, and at that time, there was only one instance worldwide. After retrospectively searching for this case in historical medical records, a total of forty-two can be confirmed. From 6945 to 7682, an additional six patients were diagnosed, totaling 48 cases. From 7682 to the present, no new cases have been reported." Risha and her team studied the list that Risha had outlined in the air and listened to her introduction: "Among these forty-nine patients..."

"Wait, wasn’t it 48 cases?" Although they were supposed to be doing research, in reality, Pannis, Vivian, and Freya were tortured by various obscure ancient goblin script. Lina and Catherine were onlookers. Unable to resist, Lina asked, "You just said there were forty-eight cases. Why did it become forty-nine now?"

"It’s forty-nine cases now." Risha signaled towards Vivian before continuing, "Among these forty-nine cases, thanks to the advent of the Whole Body Regenerative Auto-treatment Device, the cure rate for patients after 7431 is one hundred percent."

"Is that treatment device here?" At last Catherine heard the main point, immediately lifting her head and asked the semi-virtual Risha, "If it’s here, do we have the authority to use it?"

"It’s the Whole Body Regenerative Auto-treatment Device. I’m just the administrator of the information processing terminal. The database does not have records concerning the list of central devices, I’m sorry." Risha again regretfully said, "As for authorization, once you users have the authority to use me, you have the right to try all devices inside the center. This is for sure."

"Would Cyrie know the list of equipment?" Catherine asked.

"Cyrie?" Risha replied affirmatively, "All conditions of the center must eventually be summarized to Cyrie by various terminals, so she must know the answer."

"Let’s ask later, Big sis." Freya shook her head at Catherine, saying seriously, "Let’s go through these materials first. Once we’ve understood the disease, even if there isn’t a treatment device here, maybe we can cure it by ourselves."

"I’m afraid it’s not certain." Pannis pointed at the illusory words floating in the air with his finger, "Look here, here, and here. These three articles all mention the Whole Body Regenerative Auto-treatment Device. According to the authors, other treatment methods have all failed. Only by repairing the whole body with the treatment device is it possible. Risha, continue, we’re all listening."

"According to Dr. Searle’s records, Searle Syndrome is a progressive, systemic nervous system breakdown disease. First, the motor neurons are affected. After the motor neurons die, the body becomes paralyzed and loses the ability to move. After that, a period of stabilization occurs. The length of this period is related to individual physical conditions. It might last several years or even decades, or maybe only ten days." Risha explained according to the information in the database, "After the period of stabilization, the syndrome enters the second stage. The necrosis spreads from the motor neurons to the plant nerves, slowly eroding them and eventually causing individual death."

"What are motor nerves?" Vivian looked up from the information and asked, "And plant nerves? It sounds like nerves that plants would have."

"Motor nerves are the neurological system in the body that can be consciously controlled. For example, if you want to raise your hand, you need to control the muscles in your hand through the nerves. These are motor nerves." Risha reiterated, "But you can’t control your heart beating or control your gastrointestinal tract. These organs are under the body’s automatic control, just like a plant, so they’re called plant nerves."

"But we can control our heart rate. We can interfere with its speed." Pannis said, "This seems inconsistent with what you said."

"According to records, a small portion of individuals who are sensitive to energy can influence the autonomous activities of organs through the energy inside their bodies." Risha nodded, "But it has nothing to do with the nervous system. You can use energy to slow down the heart rate, but when you withdraw the energy, the heart will return to its original frequency. Actually, you’re just interfering with the heart, not controlling it."

"Alright, you make sense." Pannis sighed, "Go on, what’s the cause of this disease?"

"Parasitic life?" Vivian suddenly pointed at the words in the air and asked, "This word means parasite, doesn’t it? That is to say, there are other creatures parasitizing in my body, leading to my current condition?"

"Yes, parasitic life." Risha confirmed, "Searle Syndrome was previously thought to be caused by an unexplained degeneration of the nervous system, but in 7391, Dr. Hawk found that the disease was actually caused by parasites. These parasites are extremely scarce and straddle the line between physical and energy creatures, leaning more towards the latter and hence are almost impossible to observe. Their larvae will parasitize on weaker intelligent beings—generally also larvae— in the areas where their nervous systems concentrate. For us, it could be the brain, but it’s more likely the cervical spine, and then they anchor themselves there. No research has yet discovered why they parasitize, but according to Dr. Hawk’s hypothesis, it may be because they need to live off the non-material energy flow conducted in the nervous system. But this one-sided extraction will gradually render the host’s nervous system inactive, leading to paralysis and eventually entering a stable period of disease. If the host’s vitality is strong enough to last for a long time in the stable period, the parasite’s larvae will mature and break free on their own. Although the already damaged motor nerves cannot be revived, there will be no further damage to the plant nerves. However, if the host dies before the parasite matures, the parasites will break free and seek a new host."

"Actually, I don’t quite understand everything, but I think I got the gist of it." Vivian remained calm as if the patient being discussed was not herself, "So you’re saying, even without the help of the Whole Body Regenerative Auto-treatment Device, if we remove the parasites ourselves, I will recover from my disease?"

"The degeneration of the nervous system is irreversible." Risha shook her head, "According to the records, even if the parasites are removed, the already deactivated autonomous nerves cannot be revived."

"But at the very least, the so-called plant nerves can be prevented from continuing to sustain damage, right?" Vivian, the most composed one, quickly grasped the point with the keenness in her thoughts, "The disease won’t deteriorate further, which buys us some time to seek other treatment methods. Even if there’s no other treatment, I can still maintain my current state, right?"

Risha remained silent for a moment. If one observed her eyes closely, they could see countless words flowing at a speed that was almost invisible to the naked eye. A few seconds later, Risha raised her head and said, "According to the database content, the feasibility is very low. The parasites are hard to observe, hence difficult to remove on their own. Standard treatment protocol is to replace the entire nervous system directly using the Automatic Treatment Device, thereby removing and killing the parasites. So far, there’s no known method to remove the parasites without replacing the nervous system. If the user is aware of such a method, please record it in the database as soon as possible."

"Right, I understand." Vivian turned her head and smiled at Catherine and Lina, "You see, you really don’t need to be so anxious. Now that we know the general situation, even if we really can’t find that Whole Body Regenerative Auto-treatment Device, there are other temporary solutions. The worst-case scenario would only be to maintain the status quo, and I can still live a normal life, despite the hardship. So you both need to stop looking like you’re about to cry. It seems I’m going to continue being a bother to you for the rest of my life, haha."

"Don’t oversimplify it." Freya stared at Vivian with a serious look, "Even with our sensitivity to energy, it’s easier to find energy creatures, but do you know how complex the nervous system is? Our Mechanic Guild once tried to incorporate an artificial nervous system into a puppet, mobilizing all the power of the Tower of Colossus for it, and even invited a demigod mage each from the Kingdom of Mages and the Elven Forest, but we still failed. The complexity of the nervous system is beyond humans’ ability to decipher on their own. Dissecting specimens is already a headache, let alone ensuring your safety during the process."

"But it’s a feasible backup method, you can’t deny it." Vivian said, "Of course, it would be better to find that... what treatment device... Risha, that tongue-twister name was randomly composed by the inventor, wasn’t it? Anyway, finding that device would definitely be better, but it’s always safer to have a backup plan to keep everyone relaxed."

"Well, you’re right about that. I can’t deny it." Freya seemed to have finished reading all the content, rubbing her forehead and leaning back on the chair, she spoke in a tone of fatigue, "The goblin script is really a headache, their technology too. After looking through all the material, I feel like I’ve hardly understood anything."

"There’s a lot I don’t understand either." Vivian expressed helplessly, "I can translate most of the words, but when what they mean all gets strung together, I’m totally lost, especially technical terms, I have no idea how to even translate. Is this the difference between two generations of civilizations?"

"Like when we read your papers?" Perhaps because Vivian’s words made sense earlier, Lina and Catherine finally regained their usual composure. Lina, back in a joking mood, teased Vivian, "Doesn’t the expression on your face now resemble our faces when we have to read your papers?"

"Wait till I bash you up later." Vivian glared at Lina and noticing that Pannis was still focused on the texts, couldn’t help but ask, "Pannis, can you understand the content?"

"Actually, I don’t understand much either." Pannis said, "But I did find an interesting detail." (To be continued. If you like this work, please vote and subscribe on qidian.com. Your support is my greatest motivation. For mobile users, please visit m.qidian.com.)