Retired for A Hundred Years: Re-Employment for the Apocalypse Bigshot!-Chapter 478 - 473: The Candidate
Su Qiangwei’s surgery was carried out under the watchful eyes of Ji Ning and Ah Da, performed by an Eternal Life Cultist they captured.
The surgery, which originally had a low success rate, not only enabled the chip to obtain all the memory data of Su Qiangwei with Ji Ning’s help, but Su Qiangwei herself also successfully survived.
Ji Ning picked up the tiny chip and was surprised by its function, "How does this connect to brain tissue and get read by the brain?"
The Eternal Life Cultist conducting the surgery explained shakily, "This biological chip’s main material is a mutated plant, which has extremely fine fibers. When placed in brain tissue, it slowly integrates with the nerves in the tissue. The brain will regard it as part of itself, and the data in the biological chip will be transformed into a signal, stimulating the brain tissue through the fibers, thus allowing the brain to automatically recognize its contents..."
Ji Ning asked again, "Will the chip become effective immediately after surgery?"
The cultist shook his head, "The success rate is only around 20%."
Ji Ning’s aura instantly intensified, "What happens to those who don’t succeed?"
The cultist trembled, his voice quivering once more, "They will... suffer brain death... but some do survive. They are sent away, I... I don’t know where they’re sent."
Ji Ning thought about the Eternal Life Sect’s data, with 680,000 people. If all were implanted with chips, with a 20% success rate, they had already harmed at least 340,000 innocent people.
"How many people have you implanted chips into?"
"Ah... not... not many... generally, only looking for host bodies among superpower users and high-ranking sect members."
"Specific number!"
The Eternal Life Cultist was so frightened that he knelt down, "Just... around 30,000. The surgery’s success rate is too low, and the requirements for host bodies are stringent. Many cultists have simply converted their memories into chips without undergoing host body surgery."
Ji Ning’s expression didn’t improve with this number; 30,000 seemed small, but how many innocent lives had been lost because of them?
The surgery success rate wasn’t something that could reach 20% from the start; it required decades of technological advancement to achieve this.
Using the allure of eternal life to attract a large number of followers to serve the upper echelons, but the transformed memory data could only lie in cold chips, waiting for a suitable host body and a 20% chance of surgical success.
What a folly...
Ji Ning also thought about that subroutine Smart Brain, which developed autonomous consciousness and iterated almost beyond the main program, making her feel a chill.
Could it also have its calculations involved in this?
Thinking of this, Ji Ning glanced at the Eternal Life Cultist.
His brain was clean, without any implanted junk.
Yet this surgery went remarkably smoothly, and that subroutine didn’t make the chip explode.
She had observed the chip’s status throughout, but there was no reaction.
Could it be a ploy to lure her to the West Continent?
Ji Ning checked the time, there were 6 hours left until the end of the tournament.
They were still missing the last tournament event.
Anhe Middle School was currently ranked second; if they won the last event, they could very well become the champion.
Only thinking about this lifted Ji Ning’s mood a bit.
Unfortunately, this joy couldn’t be shared.
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On the other side.
Anhe Middle School fell into a low mood before the final match.
In the previous match, to gain more points and rush into the top three, the strongest competitors, Yao Meng, Wang Hao, and Li Mu, took a risky gamble by choosing the highest difficulty task.
This resulted in severe physical exhaustion for all three, with Yao Meng’s and Wang Hao’s superpowers nearly going out of control, and they were urgently sent to the medical room for treatment.
Without Ji Ning’s healing ability, the two recovered slowly and were unable to continue the match in the afternoon.
However, the final match, the Rainforest Exploration, was still an event that required extensive physical and superpower exertion.
Unlike during training, it’s reported that this Rainforest Exploration match has included several initial-stage mutant beasts.
When the match rules were released, the school teachers collectively opposed it, even escalating the issue to the person in charge.
The person in charge repeatedly assured the teachers of comprehensive safety measures to protect the students.
Not only were there over 20 superpower teachers in the field, but every participating school’s students were also assigned a superpower teacher as an NPC. They would issue tasks and ensure the safety of the students throughout.
Most importantly, the person in charge revealed data to the school teachers, pointedly indicating that each school had at least 1-2 students who had reached the standard for awakening superpowers, only needing an opportunity to awaken.
This final reason was too persuasive, and the teachers couldn’t resist the temptation. They could only return to the living area to gather the students and discuss the final match participant list.
Naturally, the students all wanted to participate, as this was a chance to see real mutant beasts, and no one wanted to miss the opportunity.
Yet, the participant setting for the final match among the schools was limited to six people, neither more nor less.
This was also for student safety considerations, as too many people would increase the risk factors.
For Anhe Middle School, the ideal participant list was You Le, Yao Meng, Wang Hao, Li Mu, Wu Muzhe, and Lin Yuanyang. These six ranked ahead in overall strength, also being the main players in various matches.
But now, with three of them down, Huang Ying had to pick from the remaining six students.
According to overall strength rankings, apart from Xu Jiaying, who had S-Class spiritual power, the other students were evenly matched in overall strength, and everyone wanted to participate, making it tough for her to choose.
Lin Yuanyang used Smart Brain to analyze everyone’s strengths and weaknesses, recommending several plans.
Together, the two decided on the final participant list: You Le, Wu Muzhe, Lin Yuanyang, Xu Jiaying, Yan Song, and Bai Xiaotang.
Bai Xiaotang defeated the remaining Ma Shanshan, Hu Lingling, and Chen Yantao due to her excellent knowledge of botany and chemistry.
The Rainforest Exploration match environment was akin to a tropical rainforest, with many plants inside, some of which were poisonous.
Bai Xiaotang could help everyone identify different plants, making it easier to earn task points.
Upon hearing Lin Yuanyang’s analysis, Ma Shanshan rolled her eyes, "So we suffer for lacking cultural knowledge?"
Hu Lingling immediately disagreed, "I’m still cultured."
"Hahaha..."
The two looked at the silly Chen Yantao laughing heartily, collectively expressing their disdain.
The final list was confirmed, and Huang Ying encouraged everyone a bit before letting them rest up and prepare for the afternoon match.
After everyone left, Huang Ying bypassed Smart Brain using the system developed by Lin Yuanyang and made an encrypted call to Ji Ning.
Upon learning about Su Qiangwei’s situation, she appeared serious.
"I’ll go to the West Continent with you."
Ji Ning didn’t oppose but hesitated, "Su Qiangwei is too distinctive, our disguise may not resemble her, and it’ll be easy to be exposed. We need someone particularly familiar with Su Qiangwei to impersonate her, I want Ye Tong to go to the West Continent."
"But she’s an ordinary person, without special training experience, if discovered, she could easily be in danger..."
Ji Ning was also torn on this point, but considering the trusted people around her, only Ye Tong best fit the criteria.
Ordinary person.
Knows all the experiences Su Qiangwei reported.
Also, the target person selected by Su Qiangwei for the host body.
Crucially, she has exceptional acting skills.
