Cyber ​​God: Abyss Walker

He could basically confirm which great being Zero Seven had sensed, most likely the Mechanical Sea. After all, there was only one great being that fit this description. Void aside, that great being might fit all the "descriptions".

"Did the sound of the ocean waves you heard have any negative effects on you, or, well, did it make you feel like something was wrong?"

Wang Yu asked Ling Qi how she felt about this. He realized now that he didn't seem to have any good methods for dealing with other people coming into contact with the power of great beings. At most, he had some ways to deal with it when he encountered it himself.

"No, I didn't feel any discomfort from hearing the sound of the mechanical sea's tides. I think it's just like when you hear the sound of the tides in a normal ocean, Wang Yu. I just heard it. But no, if I'm not mistaken, my abilities seem to have improved..."

Lingqi's expression was conflicted, making it seem quite difficult for her to describe her feelings and experiences. And rightly so, since it's hard to say whether Lingqi's form of existence is the same as that of a human.

"Don't worry, if you really don't sense anything amiss, then it shouldn't be a big problem. As of now, as long as you stay in the safe zone, without actively performing a ritual, it's almost impossible for a great being to directly bestow power upon someone, unless..."

Wang Yu stopped halfway through his sentence. What he wanted to say was that unless that being was extremely special, like him at that time, marked with the mark of a great being, or even his entire being became a mixture of abnormal derivatives.

However, is Zero Seven really not special? That's not necessarily true. The other party is far too special. It was born under his interference, based on the chips of the Xindu giant Tianzhou Group. To this day, Wang Yu still doesn't understand what's going on with the abilities that the other party has shown.

"Ugh... This is really troublesome. With the methods available in this world, I can't find a way to help others lower their level or increase their sanity."

"The only thing that seems feasible is to merge with someone else and forcibly pull their depth to the same level as mine. But putting aside the fact that this method sounds a lot like cannibalism, given my depth, it would probably just deepen the other person's depth instead."

Since there's no feasible method in this world for the time being, what about dice? It seems there really is one, at least in tabletop role-playing games, character cards have skills that can increase sanity, namely "psychoanalysis".

This skill can restore a certain amount of sanity by successfully checking when sanity drops. Although there is a limit to the number of times it can be used per unit of time, as long as there is enough time, you can restore your sanity to the maximum level by doing it a few more times.

However, his current character card doesn't have this skill yet; he only has five skill points as a base value. Moreover, Wang Yu speculates that this skill is similar to mechanical repair, and it's a kind of knowledge that can't be used directly just because you have a high number of skill points. He has to learn it first before he can use it.

"Psychoanalysis is definitely not some simple technique related to psychology; it is certainly a kind of esoteric knowledge similar to rituals, and it is not a path that can be followed right now."

Wang Yu's expression remained unchanged, but he was somewhat troubled. He couldn't think of a good way to resolve Ling Qi's abnormal state for the time being. He could only hope that the matter itself wasn't a bad thing, or that it was a large-scale, non-targeted abnormal event...

"Don't worry too much. It should be just as you said. If you don't feel anything unusual, there shouldn't be any major problems. After all, I am related to the power of a great being, and it's impossible to be completely unaffected by that relationship. If I notice any unusual changes, I will tell you."

Placing her hand in Wang Yu's hand, Ling Qi naturally understood what he was thinking when he suddenly stopped talking and fell into deep thought. She realized that she had been like that before, so she offered words of comfort.

"That's all we can do for now. Tsk, I haven't collected any rituals related to the Mechanical Sea yet, so I can't verify them. If anything seems off, be sure to let me know."

Wang Yu shook Ling Qi's hand and decided to let it go for now, since no abnormal phenomena that would cause problems had appeared yet.

"it is good."

After the conversation ended, both of them felt a little heavy-hearted. Wang Yu began to think about where in the ruined city he could obtain occult knowledge related to the great beings.

The Star Ring Mercenary System? Not really. While some of the registered mercenaries are indeed sorcerers, it's not essentially a platform designed for the occult.

Other mysterious societies must exist, since occult knowledge can never be understood by one person alone; only through numbers and collective effort can one go further.

"There is no related information on the public network of the abandoned city. It must have been cleared by the main network. Mystical knowledge itself can cause destruction and danger, just like the large-scale abnormal disaster I caused on the insect network this time."

After thinking for a while, the only organizations Wang Yu could think of that might be related to the great being were various sects similar to the "Clown Mother" cult, with which he had previously had contact.

"I'll keep an eye on it when I have the chance. I need more knowledge about the Great Beings and their corresponding rituals. Wait, I seem to have always known about an organization that has a strong connection with the power of the Great Beings."

Suddenly remembering something, Wang Yu thought of the organization that set up its base in the anomalous zone, the containment facility. That organization was probably the group he had come into contact with who knew the most about the great beings. The concepts of depth and investigators were proposed by them.

……

"Crunch."

"Crack!"

"Buzz."

Wang Yu leaned his shoulder against the operating table, where it was held in place by several robotic arms. Lena then operated the medical equipment, attaching a bionic prosthetic arm, similar in shape to a human arm, to his body.

Numerous artificial nerve heads protruded from the joint between the prosthetic arm and Wang Yu's shoulder, and were inserted into Wang Yu's body under the protection of an absorbable hard material.

Artificial neural connections are a highly advanced type of modification among various prosthetics. Prosthetics equipped with this technology allow implanted individuals to experience sensations similar to their native arm through sensors, eliminating the need to rely on drugs to solve problems like phantom limb pain.

However, artificial nerves are not only expensive to manufacture, but also require extremely high standards for prosthetic surgery. Professional guiding equipment and the prosthetic surgeon's extremely delicate technique are both indispensable, but Wang Yu has neither.

He had nothing but extremely rough and forceful insertions, and the prosthetic doctor's bizarre, twisted, and indescribable methods.

Lena's tentacles pierced into Wang Yu's body, breaking down the absorbable protective shell. Then, they guided the artificial nerves through Wang Yu's body, connecting these artificial nerves with the existing neural structures of the simulated body that had been explored in advance.

"Click, click, click."

The fixation devices, driven into flesh and bone, firmly secured the mechanical prosthetic arm to Wang Yu's body. The mechanical arm would not fall off until the flesh was torn apart, and this violent fixation method was extremely effective against his body.

After pulling the tentacles out of Wang Yu's body, Lena connected the power source to his prosthetic arm. As the current flowed through the entire mechanical prosthetic arm, Wang Yu's empty right arm, which he hadn't felt for a long time, reappeared on his body in a somewhat unfamiliar form.

"Click click click".

He awkwardly moved his five metal fingers, which collided back and forth with each other, making a soft sound. His dulled senses were then detected by the sensors on his fingers and fed back to Wang Yu.

"It feels pretty good."

He tried lifting the mechanical arm again. The entire prosthetic arm had a very high metal content, and its weight and output exceeded those of the mechanical arms used by normal prosthetic modifiers. It was just right for Wang Yu's biomimetic body, whose functions exceeded the limits of humans. He gave a very satisfied evaluation.

"Shall we test the strength?"

Ling Qi, who was watching from the side, tossed a steel welded gas cylinder that had run out of gas to Wang Yu.

"Sure, wow!"

"bass!"

Without thinking, Wang Yu instinctively raised his newly attached prosthetic right arm to catch it, but his hand slipped, his fingers grazing the surface of the cylinder, and he failed to catch this small object that he would normally never have been unable to catch.

With a whirlwind, his left hand became a blurry afterimage as he grabbed the gas cylinder. Despite his mistake, Wang Yu used his exaggerated physical abilities to forcefully remove the gas cylinder from the air, which was about to smash into the shop.

"Looks like I need to get more familiar with it; it's a bit slow to use."

Scratching his head, Wang Yu felt a little embarrassed. He put the jar in his left hand onto his right arm and applied pressure.

"Gagaga!"

The prosthetic arm activated, and its five fingers applied immense pressure to the steel cylinder, causing it to immediately twist and deform, turning into several shattered metal fragments in Wang Yu's hands. This demonstrated the immense power of the prosthetic arm, and some of its added functions remained unused.

"Of course there will be a delay. Your body's nerves have not yet fully adapted to the artificial nerves. Before that, any instructions you receive without the assistive chip will have a delay that is out of sync with your senses."

Lena calmly explained to Wang Yu, who was excitedly examining his new right arm, why he had failed to grab the cylinder earlier.

"I see. Thank you. With your current level of biological medicine, performing medical and prosthetic surgery should be no problem at all. If I have the chance, I'll get you a fake medical license."

Nodding in understanding, Wang Yu marveled at the medical skills Lena had inherited from the doctor. Only she could perform prosthetic surgery on him, as his body structure was quite different from that of a normal human.

Other prosthetic doctors probably wouldn't be able to figure out what Wang Yu's body structure is like, but Lena can figure out what kind of thing this guy's body is by inserting tentacles into Wang Yu's body, and then make corresponding prosthetic modifications based on the characteristics of Wang Yu's body.

In fact, Wang Yu's current body, made of mimicry flesh and blood, should have even more abilities. The previous mimicry flesh and blood directly mimicked an entire city and created super monsters like biomass tanks.

Ultimately, the performance of this body is still limited by Wang Yu himself, the "original human". The way he controls this body is somewhat like a mecha pilot piloting a mecha. He is skilled, but there is still a huge gap between them. For this reason, Lena, the doctor who can explore his body at a deeper level, is irreplaceable and indispensable.

"So, Lena, besides studying medicine, is there anything else you'd like to learn? Like, mechanical repair, uh, something like that."

After confirming the condition of his prosthetic body, Wang Yu talked about something he had thought about before: teaching Lena some other things that she was interested in. It wouldn't be good if she only knew one subject, biomedicine, but when he opened his mouth, he realized that he didn't seem to know much either.

Besides mechanical repair, there are combat skills, and then there's mystical knowledge that might drive you crazy.

Then there's the stuff he knew on Earth: making PowerPoint presentations, a little English, a little math, and some professional knowledge. But these things are completely useless in this world; they're outdated and worthless. He was totally dumbfounded.

"Damn it, looking at it this way, I'm actually incredibly useless..."

Wang Yu was talking to himself when Lena spoke up and told Ling Qi what she wanted to learn.

"I want to learn some psychology. My father didn't teach me anything about psychology in his medical knowledge. If possible, I'd like to learn it."

Lingqi was slightly taken aback. What Lena wanted to learn was indeed a bit off-topic in this era. Psychology was not entirely a medical field; it also involved a lot of logic and interpersonal skills, which neither Lingqi nor Wang Yu seemed to be very good at.

"Psychology? Wang Yu and I don't seem to be very good at it, so we probably can't teach you. But I can download some books and materials on psychology from the public network of the abandoned city. Lena, you can take a look if you're interested."

Lingqi offered her suggestion, which was the method she had found. Since neither she nor Wang Yu knew how to do it, they could try to learn it by reading books.

"Yes, I'm very interested in psychology and would like to study it."

Lena had no objection and readily agreed.

"Bang!"

"Boom!"

Just as Lingqi was about to search for some relevant information on the public network of the abandoned city, loud explosions and gunshots suddenly came from outside the shop. As time went on, the sounds became more frequent and intense, and then a cacophony of voices began to appear.

"It's a gang; they're redistributing territory."

Lingqi told Wang Yu, who was looking up at him, what was happening outside. The mechanical spiders around the shop had taken in the situation.

"Is it finally starting? I was wondering why those gangs haven't started fighting for territory after all these weeks."

Wang Yu stood up, his words not revealing much surprise. Ever since the various gangs suffered losses due to the parasites, he knew that these gangs would eventually fight each other to seize profits. The fact that it had dragged on for so long was somewhat unexpected.

"I'll go stand outside and keep an eye on the door. It wouldn't be good if the shop got blown up by the aftershocks of this gang fight."