Li Lin felt like he had a very, very, very long dream.
It was as if every organ in his body had its own independent perspective, as if every part of him had grown eyes; he dreamed his body was torn apart, his internal organs taken out to be used as cornerstones, then a brand new form was reshaped.
When he woke up before, immersed in the nutrient solution, the intense neural pain only allowed him to clearly say he wanted this hell to end quickly, after which he lost basic consciousness. What happened after that, Li Lin knew nothing. All he knew was, he very likely seemed to have embarked on an incredible path; when half-dreaming, half-awake, he had this inexplicable feeling.
Although unconscious under extreme anesthesia and Originium Arts, somehow, he still had an inexplicable intuition.
He seemed to see those doctors discussing his body. Expressing dissatisfaction with his organs, then re-inviting, rearranging, and combining. Operating machinery to extract some biological tissue from every part of his body, sending it to the outside. Then cultivating it under some inexplicable perception.
This feeling was very strange; clearly knowing time was passing but not feeling it pass at all. Like watching these people's actions from another angle, as if those cells and genes transmitted themselves into Li Lin's consciousness. He could feel the doctors' eagerness, effort, discouragement, then rallying their spirits, then persuading each other. Could feel the intense enthusiasm that burst forth from these doctors when stumped by a huge problem.
Finally, they seemed to have discussed a plan, then began to operate on his body.
He felt no pain, nor any strange emotions, just very calmly felt his internal organs leaving his body, then being nourished by other Originium Arts, isolated, utilizing some crude physical techniques or advanced biotechnology for readjustment, processing.
A group of doctors stitched and mended his face, using various Originium Arts and scalpels to repair the facial nerve organs, then injected some strange Originium medicine into it. Oral cavity, teeth, internal nerves, were all polished and strengthened by such Originium Arts. He could even feel his skull gradually being strengthened to a level different from his previous concept, even reaching a non-human state.
And the fate of other organs was basically similar, encountering some rather strange things. Being cut a part, then creating a second stomach or something was already a small matter; he could also feel the modification and repair of other internal organs.
Very strangely, although his whole body was separated, he could still feel each other. He even had the leisure to wonder if he had become a Gundam.
But he could also feel how difficult this surgery was.
Around other organs, there would always be doctors carefully controlling with various tools and Originium Arts; from time to time, a doctor would be exhausted, then the next doctor would naturally pick up the tools and step onto the operating table again. Hundreds of hours of non-stop battle, hundreds of hours of maintenance, made every doctor perform surgery in shifts, almost.
Even in the end, situations occurred where doctors themselves had problems due to exhaustion, being admitted to wards first. Li Lin's consciousness knew nearly a week had passed. These people were all working very hard on rescue activities. In the end, with over a dozen doctors entering wards, and two doctors entering emergency wards, everyone exhausted, Li Lin felt his body being reassembled.
Those organs, after being strengthened by Terra's Originium Arts, were pieced together again. Like a machine whose gears were gradually engaging.
That inexplicable hazy consciousness felt as if another whole day had passed, and the body began to gradually fuse.
The internal structure began to gradually revive; accompanied by the infusion of his own blood and bone marrow, his whole body also felt an unusual vitality refilling it. Finally, a few doctors stood at the operating table, after completing everything, reattached the head to the torso.
The final gears re-engaged. After the transport of blood lubricant, Li Lin felt his consciousness seem to gradually struggle. That ethereal feeling of soaring into the sky also gradually faded. Accompanied by those doctors gravely injecting a tube of awakening agent into his blood vessels while simultaneously performing Originium Arts, Li Lin inexplicably had an epiphany. It seemed it was time for him to wake up.
And the moment he had this consciousness, he opened his eyes, looking somewhat blankly at a pristine white ceiling.
"Mr. Li Lin? Are you alright? Can you tell how many this is?"
The black-robed doctor standing by the bed leaned forward, waving her palm.
Li Lin looked at the somewhat nervous doctor, blinked slowly, gradually gathering his scattered thoughts. After a while, he slowly replied:
"…Two."
"Has basic common sense, very good. Then can you tell who I am?"
"Doctor Shining… Your horns and your hair are hard for me to forget, right? The white-haired Sarkaz…"
"Mm, thank you for your compliment. Patient's basic sanity is clear, no signs of mental disorder. First stage of this surgery successful, next is to wait for three days of rejection period."
Watching Li Lin's state gradually clear up, Shining let out a long sigh of relief. Looking at Li Lin, she showed a somewhat affectionate expression.
"Li Lin, I will always be here with you. But regarding your companions, your current state temporarily cannot receive them. Only after a month can you normally meet them. Your body was severely injured; we almost gave you a brand new body. Do you want to see?"
"Let me see…"
"Mm. Project it on the display screen."
Seemingly during the time he lost consciousness, Shining had gained great authority, just instructing the assistant doctor beside her. And the assistant doctor also pressed a button, and a projection screen appeared before Li Lin. A seemingly completely new human body floated on the screen.
"This is… me?"
Looking at himself projected on the screen, Li Lin widened his eyes somewhat surprisedly.
"That's right, this is your current body. Already re-strengthened, a body that can live freely in this world."
Facing the figure presented on the screen, Shining said with a face full of emotion.
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Sorry, sorry guys! I totally missed Chapter 98. Please don't hesitate to let me know whenever I make a mistake — sometimes I just don't notice.Huge thanks to Rin for pointing it out!