The Highest Bounty

Chapter 59: State of False Death

After getting rid of her opponent, Liliath immediately opened the map Nepture sent her and then ran all the way toward the location marked with the red dot on the map.

At the time, she did not stop to think if this was a trap set up by the enemy, or to consider what was the point of her going if Gu Ding had already lost. She only knew that no matter what the situation was, Gu Ding needed her help now.

After a few minutes, she finally arrived at the scene. After a quick scan of her pupillary abilities, she did not find any enemies. However, Gu Ding laid quietly on the ground, making her a little uneasy.

She walked to Gu Ding’s side and pressed two fingers against the carotid artery on Gu Ding’s neck. She could no longer feel the artery pulsing and Gu Ding’s body temperature was only a little warm, as if he had died not too long ago.

“He’s dead …” Liliath slumped sideways, her eyes instantly watering.

“He is not dead yet, but has entered a strange state of false death.” The voice of the boy from earlier passed through the communication function on Liliath’s watch to her ear.

“False death?” Liliath looked down at her watch and asked with some surprise.

“Yes, his physique is very special.” Neptune continued, “When he dozed off just now, I also thought that he had died because the cells in his body were undergoing severe necrosis. Not only that, his heart had stopped beating and his body temperature slowly began to drop. The only thing that proved that he was still alive was that his brain was still functioning, and that the link between him and I had not yet terminated.”

“You are…” Hearing this, Liliath froze as she quickly wiped her wet eyes with her sleeve.

“My name is Neptune, I am a super-intelligent living being, whilst the form I am taking now is the watch on his hand,” Neptune explained.

“No wonder he knows so much information about this planet…”

Seeming to realize that he had digressed, Liliath then asked, “Is there a way to revive him from this state of false death?”

“This state of false death is largely due to the necrosis of a large number of cells. If it was an ordinary person, they would definitely not survive. But I’m guessing if all the necrotic cells in his body can be repaired, he will wake up.” Neptune knew it was a long shot but suggested a plan anyway. This was only a theoretical inference, he had no proof that it was going to work.

“Do you need a cell repair agent?” Liliath took out several tubes of Grade-E cell repair agents from her Inventory.

“Grade-Es are useless. His cells were destroyed by energy close to what is given out by a Rank 7 Gene Body. If we wish to repair them, it needs to at least be a Grade-D cell repair agent.” Neptune stopped Liliath from wasting the medicine.

“In his current state, will it okay for us to move him about in an interstellar spacecraft?” Liliath was silent for a moment as she pondered their options.

“His vital signs are very stable. There should be no problem.” Neptune checked Gu Ding’s body again and came to this conclusion.

“Then we will leave this starfield as soon as possible and go to Fengyuan, where Grade-D cell repair agents should be available,” said Liliath just as she lifted Gu Ding.

However, Neptune suddenly thought of something. “Wait, I suddenly remembered that there is another method we can try.”

“What method?” Liliath asked quickly.

“Although Gu Ding failed to get rid of that guy’s body just now, he had seriously damaged it. Go first and see if it’s still there,” Neptune suggested, before marking a yellow dot on Liliath’s map.

“The yellow dot on the map is the where the opponent had landed, which I had calculated earlier. It should be within three meters of the dot. Go to the location and look for him. If you see him, get rid of the guy and then grab the watch on his hand.”

“That guy may have a Grade-D cell repair agent in his storage space. After all, he was a Rank 6 Gene Body.”

Liliath nodded, but after a moment, she raised her doubts. “That’s not right, once the host dies, only the federal government can reactivate the watch. Even if we get the watch, we can’t take out its contents.”

“I can take it out,” Neptune said firmly. “Of course, it would be good if that guy has a Grade-D cell repair agent in his Inventory, but I was not thinking of the cell repair agent. I was thinking of the four energy crystals that he had taken before. Gu Ding had absorbed two energy crystals and gained two different abilities. So, I was wondering whether he would gain other abilities and come back to life if we implanted the remaining crystals in him.”

“In any case, it’s worth trying,” Liliath said as she stood up. “I’ll come back as soon as I can.”

The location of the yellow dot was less than 300 meters away from Gu Ding’s current position. Liliath took a moment to arrive but she did not see the enemy’s body at the location. She opened her pupilary abilities and searched her surroundings but was still unable to find the enemy. However, she found a closed smartwatch in some grass.

“I found a smartwatch, but I didn’t see anyone. I used my pupilary abilities to scan everything within a range of nearly 100 meters, but there were no signs of life.” Liliath lowered her head to look at the watch.

“I know the guy isn’t dead, but I didn’t expect him to have the strength to escape. There may be some special abilities that he had not shown before.” Neptune was not too surprised. After all, he already knew that the other party was not dead, so right now the game was not yet called.

“Bring the watch over. He probably took it off to prevent me from tracking him. Although he did not know of my existence, he should have guessed that Gu Ding may have the ability to hack smartwatches after the previous video was blocked. What a cautious guy.”

Holding onto the watch, Liliath returned to Gu Ding. “What should I do now?”

Neptune gave her instructions. “Put the watch onto Gu Ding’s hand and I will take out what is needed.”

Liliath strapped the watch onto Gu Ding’s wrist as Neptune quickly started the other party’s watch and opened the storage space. He could not help but exclaim, “This guy is really rich.”

He took out a bottle of Grade-D cell repair agent from the space as well as a fourth-order gene energy crystal bead.

“Help him inject the cell repair agent first to see if it works.”

Liliath nodded and injected Gu Ding with a tube of Grade-D cell repair agent. With this, the necrotic cells in Gu Ding improved slightly and began to repair slowly. However, based on their current speed, it might take at least one month for him to recover completely.

“Continue injecting him!” Seeing that it was working, Neptune took out the remaining ten tubes of cell repair agents.

Based on common sense, only one tube of cell repair agent could be used per week, no more than two tubes at most. Nevertheless, Gu Ding was in a special situation now, and since Neptune was monitoring his physical condition at all times, there was no need to worry about overdosing.

Liliath injected Gu Ding with a second tube and then a third tube. Only after the tenth tube of medicine was injected did Gu Ding ‘s heart finally start beating again. Although he was still asleep, his physical condition had significantly improved. Having said that less than 10% of the necrotic cells in his body had been repaired, and more than 50% of the cells in his body were still necrotic.

“His physical condition has improved a lot, but there is no more Grade-D medicine.”

Neptune’s voice did not seem any more relaxed. “Now, implant him with the energy crystals and see if his body can choose the new power on its own and improve his condition as soon as possible.”

Regarding the awakening of abilities, some people had previously proposed the “subconscious choice theory”. This theory suggested that the acquisition of abilities was generally related to the ability one wanted to obtain subconsciously. Although there was no definite evidence to prove this theory, many people in the academic community still supported the theory.

What Neptune was hoping was that Gu Ding’s subconscious would be aware of the bad condition of his body and, in doing so, would choose a new ability that could allow Gu Ding to recover quickly.

Liliath sterilized Gu Ding’s neck and then completed the implantation operation quickly. After that energy crystal was implanted into Gu Ding’s body, Neptune once again saw the appearance of the special virus, just as he had planned. They took only a moment to devour the energy crystal.

“Please, give Gu Ding a new special ability, let him get well soon…” Although he did not believe in any gods, Neptune prayed silently in his heart.

Soon, there was a new change in Gu Ding’s gene chain…