Faced with these problems, even the top medical teams are at their wits’ end!
In a special ward, a young soldier was wailing, "I beg you, let me die! I don’t want to live anymore, let me die!"
"Living is worse than dying!"
He tried to bang his head against the wall, but the nurses quickly held him down to prevent him from harming himself.
The attending physician, Bao Yushan, took a deep breath and couldn’t bear to look at him. This young soldier’s name was Sun Yi. During the war, he was exposed to the Zerg’s genetic toxin, causing neural atrophy throughout his body. Starting from his legs, he couldn’t feel his limbs anymore.
Now he could still speak, but given the situation, in a month, his motor and sensory nerves would all atrophy, turning him into a conscious vegetable.
"Sun Yi, don’t get agitated!" the nurse comforted, "The doctors are looking for treatment options. If you cooperate, you’ll get better."
"Stop lying to me, I know!" Sun Yi said painfully, "I knew from the start, with this toxin, I’d become useless!"
"I can’t move my whole body and live only by relying on nutrient solutions. What’s the point of living like that?"
"Don’t waste resources on me, I’d rather just die!"
The patients on the surrounding beds sighed deeply. Their symptoms were similar to Sun Yi’s, and soon, they too would lose the ability to function as normal people.
Some were even less fortunate, suffering brain death directly, for which there was no hope.
"Sun Yi is right, living in this state is worse than dying!" another patient said pessimistically, "I now have trouble speaking, even biting my tongue, I feel nothing!"
"Doctor, is there really any hope for us?" The patients looked at Bao Yushan.
Bao Yushan didn’t know how to respond. No one knew when humanity would solve the Zerg’s genetic toxin.
Even if they did, these people’s nerve cells had already died, and from a physiological standpoint, it was nearly impossible for them to stand again.
She could only say, "Comrades, you must believe that you can live and stand up again. We are tirelessly researching how to overcome your conditions!"
The expression on everyone’s faces turned even worse; such words couldn’t comfort them.
Bao Yushan saw that some people already had a look of giving up on life! Once the patients abandoned hope, their conditions would deteriorate faster, and they might even take their own lives while they could still move!
She had no choice but to use a big move and said, "I’ve been given news; originally, the Director told me not to say anything, but I can tell you in advance now!"
Everyone looked at her; some couldn’t even turn their heads and could only perk up their ears to listen.
Bao Yushan said, "I’ve been told that Academician He Xingzhou has already entered the Neuro-Mechanical Research Institute and is researching neural prosthetic technology."
"Once this technology is developed successfully, the neural prostheses can connect to your brains. Combined with our prosthetic technology, it will enable you to stand like normal people!"
"Neural prostheses can also provide authentic sensory experiences such as smell, touch, taste, and other human nerve sensations! At that time, you will have a brand-new life!"
"Commander He? Is Commander He really researching this technology?" Sun Yi heard Bao Yushan’s words and was reignited with hope.
"Yes, I wouldn’t lie to you about this. Just yesterday, we reported some research data to Academician He, including your condition and nerve performance data, and he has read them," Bao Yushan said.
"That’s great!" Sun Yi’s face flushed with color, and he said, "If it’s Academician He, then I’m sure he can do it!"
"We still have a chance to stand up!"
"That’s right, if Academician He can even make a Space Air Mother Ship, neural prosthetics surely won’t be too difficult for him!" The patients around him seemed to be injected with adrenaline, suddenly full of energy.
"I trust Commander He. Doctor, we will cooperate with your treatment; we want to wait for Commander He’s new technology to be born!"
"I suddenly feel full of motivation. Does neural prosthetic and prosthetic technology mean that we can become enhanced humans? Can they make me into a Terminator?"
"If I could install a nuclear power unit or plasma weapons, I’d become a humanoid combat weapon, wouldn’t I?"
"I like the arc generator; wouldn’t wielding an electric whip be cool? Just like Thunder God!"
These patients were no longer pessimistic; they were actually enthusiastically discussing how to modify their bodies.
Bao Yushan and the other doctors and nurses were astounded. These people were just a moment ago on the brink of despair, contemplating how to end their lives.
And in just a few seconds, they were already dreaming of becoming enhanced humans!
"I really admire that! Is this the charm of that man? Just hearing his name is more effective than all our hard work!" the head nurse exclaimed.
"Academician He’s name is like a miraculous medicine!" a doctor laughed.
"To be honest, I’m pretty excited too. Neural prosthetics are very hard to conquer, but if it’s Academician He, it should be successful soon!"
Bao Yushan said to everyone, "I’ve told you everything. You need to accept treatment dutifully. Academician He’s research also needs time. By cooperating with the treatment, you will get there!"
"Rest assured, Doctor comrade, we will definitely wait for that time!" Sun Yi shouted, "I want to be humanity’s first enhanced human!"
"I want to be equipped with a plasma beam!"
"Brother, what’s that compared to, I heard the Military Department is researching giant mechas, maybe even more powerful than the Space Air Mother Ship! Think about it, who would control giant mechas? If we were enhanced, wouldn’t we have an advantage over others?"
"Yeah, you reminded me, by the way, how do you learn to operate a giant mecha?"
"I want to install a magnetic levitation and jet propulsion system on myself, so in the future, I’ll fly instead of walking!"
In the ward, the patients were all dreaming about the future.