Chapter 33: Treating Firefly

Collecting the essential characteristics of "Entropy Loss Syndrome." Once the fundamental system, "Psionics," advances from C+ to B-rank, cultivating cannon fodder equipped with the "Entropy Loss Syndrome" state will only be a matter of time.

Once the technical prototype becomes stable and universal, he can create an "Entropy Loss Syndrome" assembly line factory different from the Glamoth Empire, based on his own technical style.

Knowledge is the most important foundation. Power? Merely a derivative not worth a glance.

Blindly pursuing power, knowing the "what" but not the "why," is putting the cart before the horse—picking up sesame seeds while losing the watermelon. He would have started on the wrong path from the very beginning.

He harvested a rather good piece of technology from the Glamoth Empire through Firefly.

Based on the principle of equivalent exchange, Meng Yi should provide corresponding compensation.

Cure the "Entropy Loss Syndrome" Firefly suffers from?

The current Meng Yi cannot do it, unless he waits for his "Psionics" to advance to the B-rank realm to perform molecular-level microscopic intervention.

Or, he could use a sledgehammer to crack a nut, wasting a "Miracle" evaluation item: "World Origin Crystal."

A "D-rank World Origin Crystal" would struggle to do the job, and Meng Yi currently has no "C-rank" or even "B-rank" evaluations on hand.

For now, helping Firefly replenish her fading vitality and patching up her fragmented "vessel" is something Meng Yi has some confidence in, and it wouldn't require wasting the hard-won "World Origin Crystal."

If a hurdle can be cleared with knowledge, using a "Miracle Item" is the greatest waste.

"I can help you replenish the 'fuel' that is nearing exhaustion and patch up your broken 'vessel.' At the same time, to prevent this situation from recurring, I will limit your 'leverage' to a controllable range to avoid you shattering the 'patches' I've applied to the 'vessel.'"

Firefly's large eyes held large doubts.

Fuel, vessel, leverage, patches...

She understood every word, but when put together, she was completely lost.

"Officer, I'm not very educated. Could you please explain it in simpler terms?"

Meng Yi: "?"

Was his explanation not simple enough?!

"Then let me put it another way: a water-holding vessel that has been patched and is barely usable is still vastly different from its original, intact state. Can you understand that?"

Liuying pretended to have a sudden realization, wearing the silly, "I know everything, I've been smart since I was a kid" grin of a dim-witted college student.

"Oh~ so that's it, I get it!"

Get it? You don't get anything!

Meng Yi's fist tightened and then relaxed. What exactly was he expecting?

"Skip this part; I'll just assume you really understand."

"Limiting the 'leverage' ratio means adding another restriction device to the outer layer of your 'Entropy Loss Syndrome' to prevent you from playing yourself to death, while also ensuring your broken body lasts longer after repairs."

Firefly scratched her cheek. "Ah, this... Officer, what if I become weaker and die in some dungeon?"

What if! What if! I don't care what you do! Am I your father?!

Not good at dealing with uneducated, silly people, Meng Yi almost went crazy inside.

"Hoo! Hoo! Hoo!"

"I will temporarily limit your output ceiling to the level you were at when you fought the Red Light Mother in Manhattan. This will give you a means of self-preservation while avoiding excessive consumption of vitality that would place an unbearable load on your body."

"With your fighting level from last time, you can basically brute-force your way through First Rank dungeon difficulties."

"As long as you can find me after returning to the 'Evolution Paradise,' you can come to me at any time to replenish your consumed vitality and repair your body's durability."

As everyone knows, repairs require a "repair fee."

Meng Yi wasn't working for free or acting like a saint; he was just treating it as a short-term part-time job to earn some extra cash.

Hearing this, Firefly, who understood Meng Yi's good intentions, was full of gratitude.

"Officer, you're a good person!"

"..."

Good person, good person, your whole family are good people!

Meng Yi decided never to deal with uneducated, silly people again; it made his blood pressure skyrocket.

"A word of advice: before long, I will be able to help you remove the side effects brought by 'Entropy Loss Syndrome,' but at the same time, you will lose the power it provides."

"As for where to go in the future, and whether to abandon 'Entropy Loss Syndrome' and step into another extraordinary system, you have to make your own decisions. No one else can decide your future for you."

The smile on Firefly's face faded, and she raised a hand to touch the azure cracks on her skin, neck, and other areas.

"Future... I don't know. I'm just a mass-produced standard weapon."

"If I abandon 'Entropy Loss Syndrome,' am I still me? Would there really be nothing left of the Glamoth Empire?"

The girl was asking and answering her own questions. Meng Yi didn't offer his opinion. He quietly put on medical gloves, changed the subject, and said in a flat tone: "Lie down. I'm going to anesthetize you and start the surgery. Don't waste time."

"Ah? Oh! Yes!"

A high-concentration anesthetic dose sufficient to knock over a blue whale was injected—

Huh? One needle isn't enough? Then let's have another! He didn't believe in this!

Ten needles of anesthetic were injected into the high-density muscle tissue. Even this genetically modified human, who normally possessed E+ rank body strength, couldn't hold out.

Constructing the "limiter" for the outer layer of "Entropy Loss Syndrome," repairing the damaged body vessel, and replenishing the exhausted vitality.

The order of the three surgeries went from first to last, with difficulty ranging from hard to easy.

C+ rank "Psionics" enveloped Firefly's limbs and bones, and every cellular structure deep inside was under the detection of Meng Yi's mental vision.

Black-red threads acting as "scalpels" and "limiter" materials began to spread from Meng Yi's palms, covering the unconscious Firefly in a layer of black-red gauze.

The nano-scale "threads" penetrated every pore of Firefly, beginning to capture all the cellular tissues in her body.

Romantic love? Sorry, in the eyes of a healer, there is no distinction between male and female patients.

The surgical process was not easy. Meng Yi was busy concentrating on constructing the "limiter"; he had no heart to think about irrelevant matters.

Full coverage was the most troublesome; there couldn't be a single error.

Time passed, and ten hours flew by.

Meng Yi used high-strength nano-scale black-red lines to wrap around the azure genetic structure in Firefly's microscopic realm that had been modified by "Entropy Loss Syndrome," turning them into individual "limiters" that locked the output ceiling of "Entropy Loss Syndrome" (limit output at building-destruction level).

Twelve hours, the hardest step was completed.

If there were "End of the Path" leverage and unlimited "Imaginary Energy" supply, it wouldn't be hard for Firefly to break through Meng Yi's blockade.

Unfortunately, the "Aeon of Nihility, IX" was just a fish trapped in a "small puddle," and the Path concept it anchored could not cover the countless worldviews affected by the "Evolution Paradise."

The regional "Imaginary Space" of the "Tree of Existence" could not be universal across all worldviews either.

Therefore, at the current stage, the possibility of Firefly breaking through the limiter constructed by Meng Yi was basically cut off.

Unless she returned to her "old home" and engaged in high-intensity combat, recklessly burning her vitality to court death.

Then Meng Yi would really have no way to help; if she died, it would have nothing to do with him. Why worry about that? ===== CHAPTER 34 =====