Chapter 406 - 271: Zombies in the Cyber World?
Lin Qi wasn’t interested in Green Hair’s personal story.
But Green Hair’s symptoms caught Lin Qi’s full attention.
An appetite—an appetite for his own kind!
Lin Qi, who traveled back and forth to the Doomsday World every day, was all too sensitive to this symptom. It was the instinct of a Zombie.
The only difference was that, compared to a Zombie that acted purely on instinct, Green Hair still had his own consciousness.
Thinking of this, Lin Qi reopened his Spiritual Vision and began to observe the situation inside Green Hair’s body.
Lin Qi’s attention locked directly onto Green Hair’s head.
"There’s no Crystal Core, but there are Exotic Spiritual Particles..."
Lin Qi’s pupils contracted sharply.
Although there was no Crimson Crystal Stone, the symbol of a Zombie, a special type of Spiritual Particle had appeared.
Moreover, they were Exotic Spiritual Particles, completely different in state from the ordinary Spiritual Particles scattered throughout the space.
Lin Qi had seen similar Spiritual Particles before.
The Exotic Spiritual Particles that had been hidden within the bodies of the Aishwarya Clan’s Wizards, which possessed the aura of Holy Light, were very similar, but the two were by no means the same thing.
’This type of Spiritual Particle can turn matter into Extraordinary Items. In other words, the foundation for a Crimson Crystal Stone is already forming in Green Hair’s head.’
’If these Exotic Spiritual Particles really do transform into an Extraordinary Item, I’m afraid Green Hair will completely turn into a Zombie.’
The Zombies from the Doomsday World didn’t originate from a virus, nor were they contagious.
Logically speaking, this type of Zombie shouldn’t pose much of a threat to the society of the Cyber World.
But the question was, where did these Exotic Spiritual Particles come from?
If there’s one, there will be a second. Lin Qi absolutely did not want a doomsday crisis to erupt in the Cyber World.
This place was the foundation of Lin Qi’s survival!
Green Hair rambled on for quite a while before finally finishing his list of symptoms.
By now, both Lin Qi and Doctor Lin had been silent for a long time.
Green Hair asked cautiously, "Chairman Lin, Dr. Lin, is there still hope for me?"
Green Hair feared silence the most.
He could no longer count on the company’s clinic. Doctor Lin, a Prosthetic Doctor with a stellar reputation in Red Fruit City, was his last hope.
And then there was Lin Qi, the company’s living Legend. If this father and son duo couldn’t help him, he was finished.
Lin Qi snapped back to reality. Before investigating the cause of this, he had to find a way to save Green Hair.
"There should be a way to save you."
Lin Qi gave his opinion.
Green Hair’s eyes instantly brightened.
Doctor Lin, who was standing to the side, was also a little surprised. He asked, "What did you figure out?"
Lin Qi nodded. Green Hair’s condition was, in essence, still traditional cyber psychosis. It was just that the erosion of his nervous system and brain was of a special nature that couldn’t be detected by instruments.
"Surgical intervention might be necessary, and the risk is very high. If I’m not mistaken, Green Hair’s symptoms might involve the Extraordinary Domain."
Lin Qi didn’t elaborate. After all, something like a Zombie didn’t exist in the Cyber World.
Lin Qi continued to explain more about the so-called surgery: "Before you decide, there are a few things you need to be informed of."
"First, I deduce that you’re still in the early stages of a cyber psychosis flare-up. However, because you don’t meet the gold standard for a cyber psychosis diagnosis, if you choose to undergo surgery, you will have to bear the risks yourself. The insurance policy the company bought for you will not be usable."
"Second, the surgery is extremely risky, with only a fifty percent success rate. If it fails, the best-case scenario is that you end up in a vegetative state."
"Ultimately, the decision rests with you."
With that said, Lin Qi turned to his father and instructed, "Dad, prepare a liability waiver. If he decides to go through with the treatment, he must sign it."
The surgery was risky, and Green Hair had to be the one to bear that risk.
To be honest, if the person lying on this operating table wasn’t Green Hair, Lin Qi most likely wouldn’t have chosen to intervene.
Observing from the sidelines would have been the best choice; it might even have provided a chance to follow the clues to their source.
Lin Qi currently believed that the cause of Green Hair’s illness was most likely man-made.
Just like how the Round Table Conference had tampered with the bodies of the Aishwarya Clan’s Wizards.
Lin Qi actually had a preliminary suspect in mind, but he needed intelligence to support his theory.
Lying on the operating table, Green Hair’s mind went blank.
’How did this suddenly become a matter of life and death?’
He originally thought it was just cyber psychosis and that removing some of his Prosthetic Bodies would fix it. But now he had to face a choice like this...
Green Hair was silent for a long time before finally saying, "I want the treatment! I don’t want to die!"
After speaking, he fell silent again for a moment, then continued, "But I need to write a will. If something happens to me, my estate will need to be dealt with. Please give me a few minutes."
Lin Qi, of course, had no objections.
Although the surgery was risky, it wouldn’t take very long.
There was plenty of time, enough for Green Hair to mentally prepare himself.
Lin Qi left Green Hair some time and space, walking out of the workshop with Doctor Lin.
As the father and son walked up the stairs, the father asked, "I still don’t get it. What’s causing his cyber psychosis? And how are you planning to treat it?"
As he walked upstairs, Lin Qi quietly changed the subject. "Dad, if you encounter any other patients like this recently, tell me immediately. The implications behind this could be significant."
The appearance of a zombifying cyber psychosis in the Cyber World was no small matter.
Even if it wasn’t a problem with the moon in the sky, it meant someone was using the moon to cause trouble.
The European Political Zone Big Business Alliance, the Round Table Conference, Ninghang Technology...
Many things were quietly connecting, as if forming a giant net.
As for how this giant net was laid out and what its target was, Lin Qi couldn’t see through it for the time being.