Cyber ​​God: Abyss Walker

"Walk."

Wang Yu pointed upwards, signaling Ling Qi to leave quickly. In a deserted city, especially outside the city proper, there would be no one to maintain order in the event of a conflict or death.

But the guy in front of me, who was annihilated by Zero Seven, had so many modified prosthetic bodies implanted in his body, so he must be a member of some gang.

It's hard to say how those gangs will handle it. Wang Yu doesn't want to get involved with another gang of dubious origin before he's even finished dealing with the troubles of the Hai Chao Gang.

Swinging his legs and using the water-based abilities gained from his fish-man transformation, even though one of his hands was almost crippled by countless steel needles, Wang Yu was still able to swim at a decent speed. He reached Ling Qi's side, grabbed her with his undamaged hand, and prepared to pull her away from the area quickly.

However, Lingqi did not immediately follow Wang Yu away. Instead, she shook her head and pointed at Liu Can's twisted and deformed head with her finger.

"Auxiliary chip?"

Wang Yu immediately understood Ling Qi's meaning, but what was the significance of this chip to them... No, one of the functions of the auxiliary chip was actually to prove the identity of the implantee, so...

"Crack..."

Ling Qi forcibly pried open the corpse's skull, and the parasite in Wang Yu's brain immediately began to excitedly absorb the substances that were leaking out of it, which could accelerate its growth. A slightly distorted but still relatively intact chip was also pinched between Ling Qi's fingers.

Nodding, Ling Qi, with Wang Yu's help, sped back to the shore from the artificial river. The motorcycle with self-cruising function had already been summoned by Ling Qi. Once on the shore, the two immediately got on the motorcycle, and Wang Yu floored the accelerator, driving away from this troublesome place amidst the roar of the engine.

"Mutation change".

"Snap!"

A notification sound plays.

After handing the motorcycle over to Zero Seven to operate, Wang Yu took out an empty container and put it into one of the slots of the "transformation device," while placing the dark green abnormal pollution storage bottle on the other side.

The empty container was filled with a murky blue liquid, while the green liquid on the other side was injected into Wang Yu's body, and the effects of the abnormal contamination on his body also began to change.

The scales have fallen off, the sharp claws have turned into normal fingers, and the gill tissue on the neck has peeled away. However, the wound on the arm remains, with the torn and broken flesh still flowing out scarlet blood. At this moment, the hand is almost numb.

"Slap, slap..."

From the gaps in his clothes and inside his hair, some tender green grass sprouted, and tiny mushrooms appeared on Wang Yu's ears and arms without him even noticing.

As the changes brought about by these abnormal pollutants became apparent, photosynthesis, unique to plants, was generated within Wang Yu's body. Under the sunlight overhead, the blood that had been constantly flowing out slowly stopped under the influence of this ability, which was fundamentally different from the body's self-healing. The wounds were also quickly closed by the proliferation of tiny roots that entangled and adhered to them.

"Even this kind of subtle, abnormal contamination still has side effects...?"

As he pulled the steel needles out of his arm one by one, Wang Yu muttered to himself that the number of "plants" growing on his body after the injury had increased significantly. The more severe the injury, the more active these plants became, and their repair function was also enhanced.

However, the roots that were stitching up the wounds had also begun to spread deeper into Wang Yu's body. His body was showing obvious signs of becoming vegetative and stiff, which was Wang Yu's current feeling. The plant roots made it difficult for his muscles to move normally.

If the injury were more severe, using this abnormal contamination to repair the injury could indeed turn him into a "vegetative state." Some of the changes caused by the abnormal contamination are irreversible, and this is one of them.

"Wang Yu, this attacker is one of the minor leaders of the Qiongmu Gang. He also has a bounty issued by the Inquisition among the Star Ring Mercenaries. I have already uploaded the data from this auxiliary chip. Once the Star Ring Mercenary System verifies it, his bounty will soon be deposited into your account."

Ling Qi spoke to Wang Yu, who was tending to his injuries.

"Is this for real? How much bounty can this guy get?"

Wang Yu had anticipated this, but he was still quite pleased after confirming it. It was a good thing to be able to squeeze some benefits out of this battle, which yielded no gains whatsoever.

"Five hundred thousand universal currency. In terms of both status and strength, this Qiongmu Gang leader named Liu Can is much higher than Zhou Feng, whom we dealt with last time. Ah, verification passed, the reward has been transferred to the account."

After recounting the bounty amount on the attacker's body, Zero Seven had already received a notification of the reward being deposited into Wang Yu's Sky Ring Mercenary Device.

"Wow, this is incredible. It seems like we've actually made a profit. Five hundred thousand universal currency should be enough to upgrade your body to MK2 and give me a new set of equipment."

Upon hearing this substantial amount, Wang Yu was slightly pleasantly surprised. Who would complain about having too much money? He and Ling Qi were always short of cash, as they needed to purchase various parts and equipment using the common currency.

"After we get back, I'll have the doctor treat me and then start upgrading your mecha. We really owe it to you to take care of that guy this time. There's always a high wall between flesh and blood and metal artifacts."

After pulling the last steel needle out of his arm, Wang Yu said to Ling Qi with a pleasant smile that the output of the MK1 body had not disappointed him. Against the prosthetic body modified based on weak flesh and blood, it was simply a dimensional reduction attack.

"good…"

With her MK1 body's fingers touching her own grotesque face where the bionic skin had peeled off, Lingqi felt nothing with her metal hand, which was not equipped with sensors. However, what Lingqi was thinking about was not that, but the look in Wang Yu's eyes when he looked at her underwater and gave her a thumbs up.

Aside from a slight surprise, there was pure admiration, which translates to "Awesome!" At least that's how Ling Qi felt, based on his observation and understanding of Wang Yu...

……

"While I think it's a good thing that you can use the steady-state anomalous catalyst so flexibly, this kind of use will bring a lot of problems."

The doctor was searching for relevant information on his personal terminal, while Wang Yu sat next to him, listening to what the doctor had to say.

"Don't pull it out. This thing is part of my body. If you do this, it's like pulling my finger off. It will hurt."

Wang Yu slapped away Reina's hand, who was curiously trying to pull the mushroom off his forehead, and explained to her that those "plants" were part of his body.

At this moment, this guy had a fluorescent light tied to the top of his head, constantly providing sunlight to the "plants" growing on his body, allowing them to continuously photosynthesize and accelerate the repair of his severely injured arm.

"How so?"

Turning to look at the doctor who was still retrieving data and information, Wang Yu's current use of the body and the homeostasis mutation trigger device was based on limited understanding and instinct. The doctor was the professional, so he naturally wouldn't ignore his opinion.

"Well... to be honest, the power of a great being conflicts with our existing 'technology' system. The principle behind creating this device is merely based on the limited patterns I've summarized regarding anomalous derivatives. In terms of usage, the advice I can give you is probably less effective than your own experience."

"All I can tell you is the most basic medical knowledge about the human body. For example, the way you are repairing your body now is not wrong, but it still has a lot of problems. You can try moving your fingers."

Putting down his personal terminal, the doctor removed the "transformation device" from Wang Yu's arm and tapped Wang Yu's injured arm with his own finger.

"Want to stretch your fingers?"

Wang Yu tentatively moved his finger, which appeared to have closed up, but a strange pain immediately shot out from inside his finger.

"this……"

He frowned not because of pain—he wouldn't care about that pain—but because of the awkward, clogged feeling, as if something was stuck in his fingers, preventing him from using his limbs properly.

"You should be able to sense that this is the same principle as when a normal person breaks a bone and needs a cast. This kind of repair, which is completed by abnormal contamination, is brutal and goes against the body's self-healing mechanism. It will only repair your body to a state of 'no wound,' but it will not care about some details."

"Fragments of your broken bones remain between your flesh and joints. If you try to move your fingers, they will naturally get stuck. Abnormal contamination does not deal with these things that are harmless to them, but to the human body, these residues are obviously harmful substances."

"These are bone fragments. If you get injured again and don't treat it, things like bone misalignment and blood vessel twisting could happen."

The doctor explained, in a way that was quite easy to understand, to Wang Yu.

After listening, I understood.

"That's true. After all, this is not human power. Even if we rely on summarizing its rules to apply it, there will inevitably be deviations from expectations."

"That's right. I'll have Lena handle it for you. You don't mind using you as a practice subject, do you?"

"Of course, please go ahead."

As the two talked, the doctor showed Lena the information he had just retrieved from his personal terminal, explaining as he showed it to his daughter how to treat the bone fragments inside Wang Yu's finger joints.

Wang Yu, meanwhile, was somewhat lost in thought as he fiddled with the empty space where the dice had been stored. It was now completely empty; all the dice for the day had been used up, and his conjecture could no longer be verified.

The constitution dice have effects such as improving the body's self-healing ability. He doesn't know if this test can make abnormal pollution treatments that originally had various defects adapt to his body. Maybe he can try it, but not for now.

"Pfft."

Tentacles extending from beneath Lena's nurse uniform pierced directly into Wang Yu's flesh, tracing their way through his skin and muscles, beginning to remove the remaining bone fragments from inside Wang Yu's injured arm.

"Huh? What the heck?"

The bone fragments, stained with a few drops of blood, were pulled out of Wang Yu's body by Lena's tentacles. At first, Wang Yu didn't feel anything; he could only feel a slight stinging pain, which was nothing to him, given his high pain tolerance.

But soon, as the bone fragments on the surface of the flesh were removed and the tentacles penetrated deeper, Wang Yu began to feel something was wrong. A jumble of sensations traveled up his fingers and into his brain.

His wrist twitched on its own, and an unbearable itch arose from within, causing Wang Yu's entire body to twist and tremble as he tried to scratch to relieve the itch. But reason told him that the itch was coming from inside his wrist, and scratching would be of no use at all.

"Ouch! Oh my god!"

With all his muscles tense, Wang Yuzhen never expected it to be this uncomfortable. It was just as torturous as the first time he did pain tolerance training with the doctor.

That time, his tears and snot were flowing uncontrollably everywhere. This time, he wasn't as disheveled, but all his muscles were tense, and his back was bent like a shrimp.

He has a high pain tolerance, but he really can't get used to this indescribable itching sensation as soon as he comes into contact with it.

"I'm sorry, Lena isn't very familiar with the anatomy of the body yet, so it's easy for her to touch nerves and give you strange sensations."

"But at least now that I'm familiar with the structure of the human body, there won't be any major problems when I perform important surgeries in the future. There's no point in using my body as a reference, so I can only use your body to practice."

"Just be patient, you might have to rely on her to perform the surgery for you later."

The doctor said to Wang Yu with a smile, "It's quite rare to see Wang Yu in such a disheveled state. It's rather amusing."

"I understand...it's okay..."

He responded with a grimace, so what else could Wang Yu do but grit his teeth and bear it? Besides, the doctor's words were clearly loaded with hidden meanings. He wouldn't give up having Lena treat him and practice his skills just because of this uncomfortable feeling.

"I was really surprised after you told me how you used the device. You were being so reckless, creating wounds on your own neck to let the abnormal contamination spread faster. Is that really the kind of thinking you have..."

"However, this is indeed a problem with steady-state anomaly catalysis devices. The spread of abnormal contamination takes time and cannot quickly give you the desired effect, which is a very obvious drawback."

"However, it's not difficult to fix this defect. Just bear with it for now, and I should be able to improve the device while you're receiving treatment."

While talking to Wang Yu, who was convulsing in pain, the doctor took the steady-state aberration catalysis device to the operating chair that had been used for the previous surgery and began to modify the device by manipulating the electronic tentacles.

When Lena removed all the bone fragments from Wang Yu's arm, the torment finally ended, and the doctor had already completed the modification of the "transformation device".

"I've re-induced the 'unstable flesh and blood' within. Now you can wear the device anywhere on your body, and the contamination can selectively trigger mutations in a specific area of ​​your body, such as your arm or neck."

"Furthermore, the effects of the mutation will be amplified due to the accumulation of pollution."