[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-bear-school-astartes":3,"chapter-bear-school-astartes-bear-school-astartes-chapter-192":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Bear School Astartes",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1620272,2087,"Chapter 192. Access","bear-school-astartes-chapter-192",192,"\u003Cp>Although the exact timing is unclear, it shouldn’t be long before the celestial convergence rift opens.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even in the distant village of Dim Waters, Lann could feel the slight tremor of the Roaring Bear Head Badge on his chest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That night, Lann rowed to Black Seagull Island, bringing with him the organ preservation jar containing the \"Second Heart.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When he arrived, the Lady of the Lake stood quietly by the water’s edge of Black Seagull Island, letting the water wash over and caress her pale green feet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lann often felt a misconception due to the Lady’s excessively ’approachable’ demeanor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For a moment, he thought the Lady of the Lake was just an ordinary Nymph.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But that feeling would vanish instantly, as he could still clearly recall the kind of power and ’connections’ the Lady of the Lake used during Da Gun’s expulsion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Existences like this are born from concepts, or forces from an ancient, unspeakable era. They simply refrain from interfering with the mortal world due to their nature.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But that doesn’t mean they are like mortals.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Good evening, my Lady. It seems you knew I was coming.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lann put down the oars and jumped from the boat into the shallow water near the shore, pulling the boat ashore while greeting the smiling lady.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Lady of the Lake looked teasingly at the Demon Hunter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What else? You’ve lost a clever and reliable Attendant, so you decided to undertake this heart-wrenching task on your own. Someone’s got to watch you, right?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Wow... you all know about my situation? I was just thinking about explaining it to you in detail.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lann walked beside the lady, shaking the lake water off his boots and smiling sheepishly at her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even clumsy actions from handsome people can be called ’cute.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At least at this moment, the Lady of the Lake subtly licked her lips.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The thing inside your chest is very special in nature. The world sees various scales of celestial convergence daily, but every one of us noticed it when it arrived.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The lady pointed slightly off Lann’s heart. Lann knew that was where the genetic seed lay.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yet our nature dictates that we won’t interfere. Like Dana Meibi, she cares for nothing but her ’fields’ and ’fertility.’ If it hadn’t linked and affected you, I wouldn’t care. Demons like Gant Odim, who enjoy trifling with mortals, are rare.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You are my Knight, Lann. While I won’t help with the incision, ensuring your recovery is my duty.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lann nodded, pursing his lips. He had to admit, having a figure like the Lady of the Lake promise recovery was truly reassuring.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So... should we proceed here?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lann looked around, feeling the moisture-laden lake breeze, watching waves splash and weeds and small crabs drift with the tide.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From a hygiene perspective, this was in no way a suitable place for surgery.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the lady nodded affirmatively, smiling and saying, \"I am the ’Lake,’ Lann. During this time, neither the breeze nor the microscopic life or non-life carried in the water will approach you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lann had no more reason to refuse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thus, by the lake that night, just like at Gos Velen’s Silver Swan Tavern.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The young man’s once lively expression slowly grew solemn, settling finally into serenity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He unclasped his armor one by one, the heavy gear hitting the ground with the distinctive sound of metal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The surgery’s goal: to attach the ’Second Heart.’ It is expected to sever two heart vessels, please prepare, sir.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mentos efficiently activated the surgical assistance mode, providing real-time feedback on Lann’s actions on the retina.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This time, Lann withdrew the Dragonbone Dagger from his lower back for the surgery.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After implanting the genetic seed, subtle changes had been occurring over these days.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It seemed the biochemical reaction program within the genetic seed had begun to affect; he could vaguely feel his bone density, muscle mass, and skin resilience steadily improving.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Demon Hunters didn’t have this capability; cutting an unarmored ordinary person and an unarmored Demon Hunter felt almost the same.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, the magnitude of change wasn’t significant, but perhaps after more related biochemical organs were implanted, these traits could step towards transcending mortal limits.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This made Lann imagine his future... maybe he could even catch bolts with his skin?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That would be too much... surpassing steel with mere flesh. Anyone who’s pressed their fingers against steel’s sharp edges wouldn’t entertain such thoughts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, presently, his muscle and skin strength indeed affected the precision of surgical acts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The cold touch of Valerian steel on his chest brought him back to the night of the genetic seed implant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That night, he had severed one of his heart vessels, decisiveness that even impressed the demons.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, Lann reflected on his emotions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was certain he hadn’t become weaker.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And so, just like a reenactment of that night. With a faint \"plop,\" the blade entered the flesh, cleanly and decisively.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pain objectively existed, but it couldn’t instill fear in him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Separating the skin, slicing the muscle, expanding the surgical view on the ribcage, taking the ’deformed’ heart from the organ preservation jar, and placing it into the chest cavity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This time, the \"Second Heart\" was much larger than the genetic seed, so Lann even had to break two ribs to create a passage for the surgery.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sensation of moving one’s bones and organs with fingers was quite peculiar.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fortunately, Valerian steel’s sharpness could be trusted, and without hesitation or reluctance, cutting through the bone was no big deal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It spared him prolonged struggle with the pain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Having performed heart vessel severance surgery once, and with Mentos’s learning method, his current actions were faster and more stable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Two heart vessels were connected to the \"Second Heart.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This artificial heart’s interface was a Y-shaped vessel, allowing linkage with native vessels and the heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Achieving the effect where if one heart of the Interstellar Warriors suffers lethal damage, the other can sustain life functions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The severed vessels were simply reconnected, and then Lann gulped down two bottles of \"Pure White Rafad\" Magic Potion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The potent effects took hold within moments, and the ’wounded’ heart vessels regenerated vessel wall fibers rapidly, visibly to the naked eye.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These fibers wove together, ultimately healing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Lady of the Lake waved her hand, and the accumulated blood in the chest cavity and body during the surgery was washed away by a cool stream of water, closing Lann’s broken ribs along.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At last, Lann, pale, gasped heavily, one hand bracing the ground, the other clutching his chest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Except for the bloodstains on his skin, he resembled a young man startled too greatly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The \"thud, thud\" of heartbeats initially lacked synchronization.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The additional pulsing in the chest made Lann’s stomach cramp, but before half a minute passed, the genetic seed’s coordinating ability began to work.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The two pulsing frequencies started to align, eventually synchronizing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The \"Second Heart\" surgery completed.\u003C\u002Fp>",1148,"2026-06-06T10:40:07.942Z",1,"novelbin.me","5326d97f8d3222dfc70f6a02b84d1af6e99710039b6e0a3eb144d9ab8913490e","bear-school-astartes-chapter-193","bear-school-astartes-chapter-191",1043,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fbear-school-astartes-cover.jpg"]