Yarra’s Adventure Notes
Chapter 718 - 79 The Dangerous Time of Treatment_1

Chapter 718: Chapter 79 The Dangerous Time of Treatment_1

On the first day, aside from eating and sleeping, Catherine spent most of her time pacing around the healing device; Lina prayed fervently; Freya read Lina’s novels all day; Pannis slept in his room for a day. On the second day, Catherine paced, Lina prayed, Freya read novels, and Pannis slept. The third day was the same. However, Catherine’s pacing gradually lessened. After all, there wasn’t much she could do by just sticking around, and if Vivian finished her treatment and opened her eyes to someone familiar, Ava would inform everyone in advance. Thus, starting from the fourth day, Catherine and Freya spent only two hours a day accompanying Vivian.

Only Lina persevered, praying noticeably more instead of reading as usual. She hoped that under the protection of the God of Love, Vivian could successfully complete the treatment and regain her health. Of course, Lina herself knew that even if the divine intervention from Denia arrived in person, it wouldn’t be able to cure Vivian’s illness due to the Divine Power Barrier. This kind of prayer could do little to actually aid the treatment, but it could provide psychological comfort, which was precisely what the girls needed right now.

Every time they entered the treatment room, it felt as if time had stopped. The room was quiet, and only a brief prompt every thirty seconds proved that time was still silently passing. Catherine once again entered the treatment room. The light in the room was dimmed by Ava, but the knight-girl confidently walked over to the healing device and quietly watched the rhythmic blinking of the indicator lights. Even though the box containing the healing device was sealed, Catherine felt she could sense Vivian’s heartbeat. The steady rhythm reassured her that Vivian was still alive and well.

"How is the situation?" After watching quietly for a while, Catherine pulled over a chair and sat down next to the healing device. She leaned her body against the device, just as she had been close to the Mage-girl for many years, hoping this could provide strength to the girl in the device, helping her survive even if she encountered danger.

"Everything is normal." An image of Ava appeared on the small crystal disk next to the machine: "Today is the fourth day. The device has finished simulating her nervous system and is now incubating a new one. It will take approximately sixteen hours, seven minutes, and eleven seconds. Meanwhile, the work of clearing away her body’s necrotic nerves is almost finished. We are processing the remaining parts in her brain. This part will be finished in thirty-eight minutes. As long as there are no issues in the next thirty-eight minutes, we’ll have safely passed through the first dangerous period. It will be okay to relax a bit then."

"The first dangerous period?" Catherine raised an eyebrow and asked in a light tone, as if afraid to disturb the girl sleeping inside the treatment device: "Are there many dangerous periods in the eleven days where the treatment could fail?"

"Yes, there will be four dangerous periods." Ava’s hologram nodded in a human-like gesture and explained methodically: "We are just in the first one now. The second period is when we implant the neural seeds into her body. Since we need to implant numerous neural seeds, we have to make many deep incisions on her body, which is very risky. Even with the goblins’ proficiency, it’s impossible to fully understand every part of a human body. It’s unavoidable that some other organs or functions will be affected. Even though any interference can be detected immediately, some effects are irreversible and might lead to the patient’s death. This is a relatively long time period, approximately five days, three of which are highly risky. If she survives these five days, then the third dangerous period arrives. The third dangerous period involves connecting the newborn nervous system and the healthy nerves retained from her brain. This danger is primarily psychological. Even though Vivian will be in deep sleep due to anesthesia, any operations on her brain nerves will inevitably affect her psyche. The extent of this impact varies from individual to individual and cannot be predicted in advance. However, no matter the severity of the impact, it can only be combated by will. Those without a firm will simply won’t wake up."

Upon hearing Ava’s detailed explanation, Catherine started to feel a chill. Although she had mentally braced herself for the potential risks, it brought her deep unease to know about these risks in more detail. Noticing that Ava’s voice had suddenly stopped, Catherine asked, "You mentioned four dangerous periods. What about the fourth one? Why didn’t you mention it?"

"The fourth dangerous period is the most troublesome." Ava seemed somewhat hesitant, only speaking after a slight delay: "The fourth stage occurs after the treatment. While the newborn nervous system is grown from cultivated neural seeds and matches the patient’s individual constitution as closely as possible, there’s still a chance that the new nerves won’t perfectly merge with the body. If that happens, it would cause significant problems."

"If this really happens, what will be the consequences? Also, are there any remedial measures for such problems?" Despite her tension reaching its peak, Catherine sounded incredibly calm and composed: "What are the remedial measures for such problems?"

"Whether this situation will occur can usually be verified immediately after the treatment. However, the symptoms do not manifest right away and only become apparent after about two months." Ava explained: "But you don’t need to worry. For goblins or ordinary people, this could be fatal, but for professionals, especially high-ranked ones like Vivian, their physical strength and endurance far exceed those of normal people. Even the most severe reaction won’t be fatal. The most severe symptom is that the functions of the new nerves gradually deteriorate, movements become increasingly slow, and they eventually return to their originally paralyzed state."

"Even if it’s not fatal, the mental blow would be quite enormous," Catherine said with a wry smile; "After struggling to return to normal and live by her own strength, only to return to helplessness after a few months - the sense of loss and desolation could drive a person mad."

"It’s not a few months, this type of slow reaction takes time to develop, about a year to revert back to its original form." Ava’s voice sounded a bit strange: "Besides, it’s not impossible to solve, there is still a way to handle it."

"What’s the way?" Catherine’s pupils contracted, she clenched her fist and asked: "Is it hard to accomplish?"

"Quite the contrary, it may be hard for others, but for Vivian, it would be very simple." Catherine finally figured out what the strangeness in Ava’s voice was, it was something that never appeared before, seemed like a hint of laughter: "The solution is actually very simple, you just need to perform a full body operation with the healing divine spell every month or two, this chronic reaction will definitely not happen. Even if the whole body treatment is not timely, as long as a deep full-body treatment is conducted before the newly formed nervous system completely collapses, she would be able to recover to health. Additionally, if Vivian could break through to the next rank, that is, become a demigod within her lifetime, the natural change in body performance during the break-through could completely cure this hidden danger."

Catherine was stunned for a while, then helplessly smiled bitterly: "So, the final danger, you were actually just messing with me? I can’t believe you’ve learnt so fast, you’re getting better and better at joking."

"It’s not completely a joke." Ava’s image twitched at the corner of her mouth, maybe that was an attempt at a smile: "The original records do say that, and for the goblins, the fourth one is the most fatal reaction among all kinds of artificial body organs, so they take it very seriously. However, when I was going through the materials, I found that, under the circumstance of having the healing divine spell and the physical condition of upper-rank professionals which far exceeded that of the goblins, the fourth one has turned into a minor issue. Nevertheless, I think you’ve been overly worried these past few days, so I decided to relieve your stress in this manner."

"It’s effective." Catherine’s smile turned sincere: "You first create tension and pressure, then suddenly eliminate part of the pressure, the remaining stress would naturally dissipate, is this your idea?"

"No." Ava’s image shook her head: "That’s the analysis from the database. I wouldn’t have come up with such an idea."

"Take your time, learning to live like a normal person is not something you can achieve in a few days. It will be a long process." Catherine began to comfort Ava, then continued: "As for the other three dangerous stages you mentioned earlier..."

"You can actually rest assured, I will keep an eye on the progress of the treatment." Ava’s persona seemed increasingly human-like: "With full-time monitoring, I am 80% certain that I can make the treatment succeed. That is, I can add an extra 30% to the initial success rate of 50%. Though such data doesn’t mean much unless it hits 100%, at the very least it could put you a little more at ease, don’t you think?"

"Ah, it seems that way." Catherine nodded with laughter after a moment of thought: "If it is really as you said, indeed, it can make me feel better."

With a "whoosh" sound, the door of the therapy room automatically opened. Freya walked in and said: "Sister, you should go have a look, Pannis seems to sense something and suddenly said he needed to leave for a few days. He is now packing up his gear, asked me to notify you." (To be continued. If you like this piece, please come to qidian.com to cast your recommendation votes, monthly votes. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile phone users please go to m.qidian.com to read.)