256: Chapter 36 Brief Rest 256: Chapter 36 Brief Rest The Hero Jianxi groped his way through the sandstorm.
He buried several tal aerosol bombs he carried with him underground and set up a ti-delayed release chanism.
The surgery was about to end.
That “Naless Hero” would undoubtedly put a perfect full stop to this operation.
——What a legendary experience.
At the mont when Great Hero Tao himself was about to give up, that senior charged into the heavy encirclent…
It was really hard to believe.
But it happened right before his eyes.
This scene might even be part of so great historical event.
——So impressive…
Jianxi had already started to fantasize about going back and recounting this legendary scene to his disciples.
——No, that’s not right…
The Naless Hero did not use his own na, and Great Hero Tao also did not wish to divulge his na…
Whether or not that was the case, Jianxi had already repeatedly self-suggested it in his mind.
He buried three more tal aerosol bombs with ti-delayed chanisms.
Next were the mines.
Heroes seldom used mines, but they were not so obstinate as to never use them.
Mines are a cheap weapon, offering great advantages in blocking and defense, ideally suited for the impoverished Heroes.
However, the mines set by Heroes were always equipped with a special chanism that, after a certain ti, would eject the fuse from the explosive part, rendering the mine unable to explode.
This ti was usually set to “within twenty-four hours after being buried,” with the occasional forty-eight-hour option.
Generally, scavengers among the civilians would only dare approach the battlefield four or five days after the end of the fight.
These were old rules from the Martial Ancestor’s era.
There were strict rules regarding mines: they could not be used within a certain number of kiloters around populated areas, and they must automatically deactivate after a certain amount of ti.
Martial Ancestor did not advocate the use of explosives that could easily cause accidental injuries to others.
These restrictions were mandatory for Heroes.
——But speaking of Martial Ancestor…
At this mont, Jianxi felt a ray of sunlight brush the corner of his Prosthetic Eye.
It must have been a small gap within the sandstorm.
Co to think of it, the windspeed had decreased again.
Jianxi took out an anemoter, wanting to take a asurent.
After all, his Prosthetic Body did not have the tactile sensation to adequately sense the wind.
But just then, visibility suddenly increased.
The battlefield had now appeared outside the range of the dense sandstorm.
And this ti, the gap in the sandstorm was quite large.
Jianxi looked toward the northern horizon and saw no trace of the next wave of sand.
——It’s over…
He suddenly felt a stiffness.
He saw the enemy approaching from the north.
Tanks, infantry, Martial Artists sprinting with their movent techniques.
Jianxi was wrapped in a cloak with a protective color.
He quickly fell to the ground.
There was so sparse sand dust.
He hoped that the dust kicked up by his fall wouldn’t attract the enemy’s attention.
Jianxi was crawling forward, using his hands and feet.
——They didn’t see they didn’t see they didn’t see they didn’t see …
A series of bullets swept past him.
Jianxi imdiately froze.
——Bad…
——Just a little more…
just a little more and I could have retreated…
Jianxi heard a screech behind him.
In the last mont, he concentrated as much electricity as possible into his loudspeaker and roared as loudly as he could, “Due north!
Due north!
Due north!”
Then, the area where he was got blanketed by artillery fire.
…………………………………
The ground shook slightly.
Xiang Shan almost froze in fear.
Fortunately, the surgical table had been fully secured, perfectly absorbing the shock.
The protective pod was now very stable.
——Just a bit more…
The surgery was at its final stage.
The Evolu cells had been cleanly removed.
All that was left was to install the electronic device on the inner side of Tao Enhai’s brain for support, and all would be well.
This step was also a check to see if any Evolu cells had been missed.
——Just a bit more…
Xiang Shan encouraged himself and pulled his consciousness out of the whirlpool of mories.
“Protector!” called out Lucius, “Due north, eight kiloters out, a group of Protector Army has appeared!
They are pressing on us!
We must hurry…”
“Just a bit more!” Xiang Shan said with a hint of irritability.
Lucius clenched his fist, ready to go out and buy so ti.
But Xiang Shan held out his remaining hand and pulled him back, saying, “Why are you running?
The final adjustnt of the Protective Liquid still needs you!”
After the surgery, there was another phase for adjusting the Protective Liquid.
During this phase, the protective liquid did not need to be transparent.
At the sa ti, it needed to beco a non-Newtonian fluid that could act as a cushion during rapid acceleration or deceleration, protecting the delicate brain tissue.
Next, this brain was going to be transported!
And Xiang Shan was not familiar with the biotechnological changes of the past two hundred years and knew little about potions.
This task would still have to be completed by Lucius.
Lucius stopped, then went to the door of the operating room and said a few words to the Heroes outside.
Probably about buying ti.
Xiang Shan also sped up his work.
Now, the sooner he finished, the greater the hope for those Heroes to survive.
——Hurry…
Three support devices left… two…
The last one…
Xiang Shan quickly entwined the nerves with the micro-flexible electrodes.
At this point, he could no longer afford to be precise.
——The last piece…
the last piece…
the last piece…
Xiang Shan couldn’t even rember how he had completed the last step.
Toward the end, it seed as if his consciousness didn’t belong to him anymore.
His consciousness felt as if it had disconnected at that mont.
Numbly, he watched as Lucius rushed over, moved him aside, and then added various potions to the protective chamber.
Soon, the transparent liquid turned into a milky white with a hint of light green.
The brain’s silhouette gradually disappeared…
“Ha…”
Xiang Shan’s speaker made such a sound.
Lucius carried the protective chamber and rushed out.
Xiang Shan also numbly walked out of the operating room.
He was a bit tired.
On a ntal level.
Hours of high-intensity surgery had drained his will.
The storm of mories felt akin to torture.
He needed a rest…
just for a mont…
The Underground Pixiu took the protective chamber and said to Xiang Shan, “Naless Brother, there’s a small hole here.
It’s safer to go this way!”
Xiang Shan waved his hand: “I’ll rest for a bit…”
“At this ti…
rest on the vehicle!”
Xiang Shan waved his hand: “It’s okay.
I’ll just sit for a mont…
soon, very soon, I’ll be able to fight my way out.
You guys go ahead!”
The Underground Pixiu tried to persuade him again, but seeing Xiang Shan seed to have other ideas, he didn’t persist and left through the small hole.
Outside that small exit was a vehicle.
The Underground Pixiu would drive that vehicle to escape—he was just a Burrow Dragon without much martial power.
Xiang Shan took one last look at the protective chamber in his hands.
The milky fluid blocked the outside world from prying.
Xiang Shan knew that his old friend was now asleep.
Only Xiang Shan was left in the cave.
Xiang Shan trembled as he withdrew the long USB drive nad “Magic Realism Carnival” from his lower back, and, trembling slightly, inserted it into the data port on his wrist.
A certain…
“peace of mind” rose within him.
He began to feel certain that he was surrounded by sothing warm.
Funny videos that occasionally bubbled up to the surface of his consciousness made him want to laugh.
But right now, he didn’t seem able to crack a smile.
A fair number of these videos were products of the Old Era.
This mix of news, funny videos, and jokes was also stimulating his brain.
“Indeed…
such a gentle sensation, hahaha…”
Xiang Shan placed both hands over his Prosthetic Eye.
Both his brain and Prosthetic Body had the illusion of “soaking in hot water.”
“I’ll get up soon and turn those Houndhawks upside down…” Xiang Shan said this.
Amid the dense gunfire, the Hero took a brief rest.
One minute…
two minutes…
Despite knowing that ti was extrely tight, Xiang Shan still sat there resting.
He was too tired.
At so point, a thought flickered through Xiang Shan’s head: “This feeling…
it’s as if I’ve experienced it before…”
That was in…
the deep mountains of Europa…
Also bombing…
——Is this the end?
There doesn’t seem to be any hope for a turnaround.
——Shut up and save your energy.
——If we don’t talk now, there’ll be no chance to speak again…
What happened after that ti?
It must have been a long ti ago.
Undoubtedly, Martial Ancestor Xiang Shan must have survived from that encirclent.
What happened afterward?
Xiang Shan lifted his head.
But this touched upon another mory.
In a daze, Xiang Shan saw a hefty cybernetically enhanced person in front of him.
His movents were bulkier than those of the current prosthetic bodies.
Instinctively, Xiang Shan knew that this person was Tao Enhai.
He said, “Xiang Shan, we’ve done it…
this Inner Strength…”
——Right, I seem to have been besieged quite a few tis.
Xiang Shan stood up.
The character erging from his mory felt sowhat unfamiliar—an entirely unrembered prosthetic body.
——And who are you?
The figure in the mory said, “Are you ready?
Ti waits for no one.
We have to succeed in one go.”
Xiang Shan grabbed the Scabbard from behind him and then carefully pulled the junk data disk from the data port on his wrist.
Rest was done.
Now it was ti to find a way out.
“If I get the chance, I should seriously read through these mories,” Xiang Shan said to himself: “Now, to find the way out.”
Another round of shells fell.
Mud trickled down from the cave ceiling.
Xiang Shan took the hard drives from inside his skull and placed them into the storage space behind his waist.
At the sa ti, he casually attached Tao Enhai’s components to himself.
——Alright, back to the battlefield…
This thought triggered the mories once again.
Xiang Shan paused for a mont.
He felt there was soone standing by his side.
That woman whispered to him, “Don’t be afraid, I’ll always be with you…”
“Although I don’t know who you are…” Xiang Shan felt sure that he must have smiled: “Now, I’m really not afraid at all.”
He stepped out of the cave.
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