wavenovel Chapter 100 The Inhuman Li Wei
Chapter 100 The Inhuman Li Wei
The skin coverage of the whole body is less than 40%.
Large areas of bone have been exposed on the left hand and both legs.
The right wrist can now rotate in a circular motion, like a puppet's ball joint.
The left calf was completely gone, leaving only broken bone fragments and mangled muscle.
The brain was directly exposed to the air and approximately 13% was dismantled by nanobots.
His entire body was covered in countless burn marks, resembling a charred sausage.
However, Li Wei is still alive.
The heart, already exposed to the air, was still beating, pumping blood outwards.
But he's just surviving...
From a medical perspective, this is an absolute miracle.
But from a humanitarian perspective... perhaps letting her die is the best outcome.
So when Eliza raised the acoustic resonator in her hand, she hesitated.
Should we turn up the frequency and give this man in front of us... a release?
"Eliza! If you can't decide whether you'll save this kid or not, then call his friend Thomas! Let them handle it themselves! We're just here to fulfill a deal!"
Lance shouted a reminder to Eliza.
Eliza did not pick up the phone.
"What do you expect me to say? That your friend should die?"
Lance remained silent.
"It was a deal, but Thomas's people shouldn't have suffered such a blow."
Eliza switched to the "standard frequency" and aimed at Levi.
She has made her decision, and whatever the outcome, she should bear the consequences.
The reason she agreed to this "deal" was actually because she wanted to "collect data".
Turning on the switch of the instrument caused the "acoustic resonator," which vibrated for a moment as if the muzzle of a pistol had struck a satellite antenna.
The nanobots remaining on Li Wei suddenly lost their "vitality" and continued to fall off him with a crackling sound.
"Lance, start emergency treatment immediately. I need to record the data."
Eliza gave the order, and Lance, though relieved, immediately took out morphine and other emergency medications and equipment, and began to do his best to treat Levi.
Eliza then took out a paper notebook from her backpack and began to take notes with a pencil.
She verified the data sent back by the spy, confirming that acoustic resonance at specific frequencies could indeed disrupt the core and connections of nanorobots.
Besides that, she had so much to record.
But after seeing Lawrence Chambers' "Corpse III" with her own eyes, she even had a moment when she felt that perhaps this was the Revival Society's ultimate understanding of "God".
This is also the end of the "mysterious science" that Ouroboros has been searching for without success...
What she found even harder to accept was that, when faced with Lawrence Chambers, her first reaction was not fear, but... reverence.
With a mortal body and wisdom, she displays the power of a "god." For her, who has always been dedicated to using technology to construct mysteries, Lawrence Chambers is no longer just an "enemy."
Rather, they were "pioneers," or even... "prophet."
Eliza raised the ballpoint pen in her hand and stabbed herself in the thigh.
"Um……"
The intense pain and stimulation brought her back to her senses.
She and Lawrence Chambers took different paths!
If Lawrence Chambers was becoming "God", then she was structuring "God"!
She wants to pass on this "divine" power to people!
"Eliza! You're insane!"
The driver, Andrew, noticed this and immediately shouted anxiously.
"I'm fine! Focus on flying the plane!"
As Eliza spoke, she took out first-aid supplies from her backpack and began bandaging the wound on her thigh.
Lance, who was treating Levi, glanced up, but swallowed his words after Eliza picked up the blood-stained pen again and started writing.
Although Eliza is only twenty-two years old, she is a genius and a girl with her own opinions.
As Eliza's "godfather," Lance decided to respect Eliza's choice and continue his work.
But just as he took out the gauze, preparing to wrap Li Wei up like a "mummy," he froze.
In Lance's view, Li Wei, who should have bled to death, not only still had the ability to produce blood, but even the rotten flesh on his body that looked like it had been cut by a blunt knife... seemed to be regenerating?
It's not just "seems"!
It is truly growing!
The dense, fleshy growths, enough to make anyone with trypophobia scream, kept emerging, like wild grass growing wildly after a spring rain.
"Eliza! Come quick! This guy's not right!"
Eliza immediately put down her notebook and looked up at Levi.
As a "scientist who deconstructs the mysticism," her observations are more detailed and professional than Lance's.
She discovered that Levi's insanely fast response speed... broke the law of conservation of energy!
If we're only talking about recovery speed, the "ancient alchemical potions" she "replicated" could also achieve that, but there would be a price to pay.
According to the records of those "ancient magicians," those "restoration potions" were made by "overdrawing life force."
From the perspective of modern science, it means promoting cell division and growth.
The number of times a cell can divide in a person's lifetime is limited, and the factor that determines the number of cell divisions is the telomere.
In 1961, biologist Leonard Hayflick discovered that normal human cells stop dividing after about 40-60 divisions and enter a state of senescence (cellular senescence).
This upper limit is called...
"The Hayflick Limit..."
Eliza unconsciously uttered the academic term.
Given the extent of the damage to Li Wei, if he were to rely on normal cell division for repair, he would need to expend at least...
Twelve times.
No, fifteen times.
No! Twenty times!
Eliza calculated rapidly in her mind, but then overturned the results time and time again.
Finally, she stopped.
Because the data has lost its meaning.
No matter how you calculate it, from a "scientific" point of view, Li Wei's telomeres should have been exhausted.
But those granulation tissues are still growing!
"Could it be... that his cells can divide indefinitely like cancer cells?"
Elizabeth refuted this conclusion the moment it was uttered.
Even cancer cells need to consume nutrients to divide!
Eliza remained silent for a long time.
Then, she took out her satellite phone from her backpack and called Thomas.
"Eliza! How's Levi?!"
Thomas's concerned voice immediately came through the receiver.
Eliza glanced at Levi, whose bones and muscles had sprung up out of nowhere and whose skin had begun to grow, and her feelings were extremely complicated.
"I have good news and bad news. Which would you like to hear first?"
"Eliza! I'm not in the mood for jokes!"
Thomas was extremely angry.
But Eliza still decided to go at her own pace.
"The good news is that your friend Li Wei should be able to survive."
"The bad news is... he might not be 'human'."