Cyber Heroes

While the operation was in progress, the heroes were also preparing to retreat.

Several people took advantage of the sandstorm to dig outside.

After falling into a tight siege, the knights buried their vehicles in the ground. Although this sandstorm can block many things, it is not always so thick. There are always times when it is relatively thin. If the satellites passing by in the sky happened to catch some clues during this period, a nuclear bomb might be dropped from the sky.

You know, Tao Enhai is here. The identity of this old knight is not something that can only be matched by Tianji trash.

They collected all the scattered supplies. If you can take it away, take it away. If you can't take it away, just put some thermite and burn it all.

Those 3D printers are also a treat. Those that can be taken away are taken away, and those that cannot be taken away are dismantled on the spot, or explosives are simply planted.

Everything that could store information was taken away.

But these things are not that time-consuming.

Soon, the heroes were fully prepared.

Only the operating room remains.

As for the optical auxiliary instrument that Xiangshan has already worn - it looks like exaggerated lenses, very cartoonish. Due to the size of the brain and skull, the size of the prosthetic eye is limited. The eye socket is only so big, so much light can pass through, and the accuracy can only be so high.

Although the eyes Tao Enhai gave Xiangshan were powerful, they could not transcend the laws of optics.

This auxiliary lens allows Xiangshan to directly reach the level of a high-power optical microscope.

He put down the scalpel and said, "The spinal separation is complete. Dr. Tao, how are you now?"

A series of complex ripples appeared on a window in the corner of Xiangshan's field of vision, and then several large characters appeared: quick thinking, nothing abnormal.

Since there is no touch sensing device in the brain itself, even the anesthesia process can be omitted for this operation. Tao Enhai's staying awake also helps the surgeon confirm whether there was anything wrong with the operation.

At least not this step yet.

Xiangshan said to Lu Xiu: "Come and break the skull."

He needed a little break.

Opening a skull requires relatively little sophistication—it's still essentially a blacksmith's job. Tao Enhai's skull originally had a lock controlled by an electronic system. Before the operation began, Tao Enhai had already released these locks.

Just dismantle them layer by layer from the outside to the inside.

Soon, Lu Xiu dismantled the head, exposing a brain connected to a life-support device and a computing unit. The brain is surrounded by a layer of silver-gray clusters. If a natural person touches it, it will even feel a bit hard.

Xiang Shan said: "The electronic equipment will be dismantled soon. Doctor Tao, how do you feel now?"

Tao Enhai still retains a certain degree of consciousness. He can observe the outside world through the signal input by the camera, and can also output information through wireless signals. But once the electronic device connected to his brain was disconnected, he really fell into complete darkness.

Theoretically speaking, he would feel that his "perception" and "emotion" itself were being stripped away bit by bit.

【fine. ] Tao Enhai was not worried at all: [I saw what you did just now. Well enough. Go ahead and do it. 】

Lu Xiu glanced at Xiang Shan. He found that some of the knight's habits were indeed very similar to those of his teacher. Xiang Shan nodded to him and said, "Continue."

Lu Xiu understood and slowly removed the electronic equipment from Tao Enhai's brain.

Xiangshan covered the side of his head with one hand.

As the operation progressed, he discovered that Tao Enhai's memory of the operation was actively flowing in. I don’t know whether this is because his own forgotten memory resonates with it, or whether the memory storage format of the new era has become so consistent with human thinking.

But it was bringing back memories... more memories of the past.

And this caused pain.

"Hero?" Lu Xiu looked at Xiang Shan a little strangely and couldn't help but ask.

"It's okay." Xiang Shan shook his head, as if he wanted to get rid of the phantom pain: "Move to the hatch of the protection cabin and start peeling off the brain-computer barrier."

Lu Xiu nodded, picked up the brain, moved it directly above a jar, then took out two scalpels as thin as needles and began to make large movements on the surface of Tao Enhai's brain.

The brain-machine barrier is a protective layer formed by the accumulation of metal-based proteins on the original brain-blood barrier. Affected by the neurobioelectricity of the brain, the pattern of the brain-machine barrier is closely related to the structure of the high-level cortex. As such, it becomes the basis for natural brain-computer interfaces.

Lu Xiu quickly completed the stripping.

Then, the canned protective cabin was opened, and Lu Xiu held the brain with one hand and slowly and steadily sent it into the protective liquid.

The configuration of this protective fluid is also very particular. Tao Enhai will soon have the inner layers of his brain hollowed out, leaving only the neocortex. In this case, the brain will lose its supporting structure.

The neocortex is where various advanced thinking activities and memories are located. The structure of the nerve cell network is the material basis of the human soul.

Even a mere shock to the neocortex can cause subtle changes in temperament or damage to memory. Not to mention folding.

And the preparation of this protective liquid is also very particular. It can ensure that the nervous tissue receives just the right buoyancy and is suspended in the liquid. Even if the inside of the brain is hollowed out, the outside can be suspended.

At the same time, its osmotic pressure is the same as that of cellular fluid.

While ensuring these two points, the protective fluid must also be transparent.

Otherwise, the surgeon's field of vision will also be blocked.

Xiangshan connected the data interface of his wrist to the data interface of the protective cabin.

Soon, Xiangshan gained an additional view - that was the bottom of the protective cabin.

Countless tiny arthropod-like limbs poked out from the edge of the field of vision. Although these limbs are as thin as needles, some have sharp edges and some have forked front ends. These things can all be operated at the cellular level.

What's even more valuable is that these tiny limbs are all mixed with extremely sensitive pressure-sensitive materials.

They all provide a "touch".

Xiang Shan paused for two seconds and said to Lu Xiu: "Add anesthetic. You decide the type and dosage."

Xiangshan was not that familiar with the drugs of this era.

"Ah...I'll come..."

"There's nothing to 'ah' about." Xiangshan said sternly: "If I weren't here, then you wouldn't just need anesthesia."

Originally, the surgery required a specialized anesthesiologist. Anesthesia can not only reduce the patient's pain, but also reduce the interference of the patient's activities to the surgeon. However, each person's tolerance and response to specific types of anesthetics are different - especially the reinstalled artificial enzyme system of the baseline person. This requires the anesthesiologist to grasp and grasp it.

Especially this anesthesia was to stop Tao Enhai's brain from most of its physiological activities and avoid "thinking." If one goes wrong, "anesthesia" becomes "death penalty".

In modern surgery, not only the surgeon but also the anesthesiologist is responsible for the patient's life. The strong anti-hypoxia ability of baseline people ensures that they are not afraid of hypoxia caused by cardiopulmonary arrest, and specialized anesthesiologists have become quite rare. But suspending the physiological activity of the brain itself is still a technical task.

Lu Xiu nodded and quickly injected a few drops of medicine into the protection cabin through a pipe. He was familiar with his teacher's reactions and tolerance to medications.

Xiangshan took a deep breath in his imagination.

Neurosurgery is the crown jewel of surgical operations, with terrifying levels of difficulty and risks. That terrifying threshold is enough to drive most doctors who are interested in the brain to the Department of Neurology.

"I know enough about primate nerves." Xiang Shan said to himself: "I have done something similar before..."

Memories came flooding back again.

That was in the distant past. As an assistant, "Wu Zu Xiangshan" assisted Tao Enhai in performing surgery on a knight who had injured his biological brain.

Xiang Shan no longer hesitated. In the protective cabin, many small "surgical limbs" were cutting towards Tao Enhai's brain.

Delicate but sticky touch...

The bottom layer of Tao Enhai's brain was close to a ball of rotten meat.

According to Tao Enhai himself, he was already aware of the speed king's actions while in space. However, there was a lack of conditions in space, so he relied on inhibitors to support him all the way to the earth.

According to Tao Enhai's original idea, he originally wanted to find a doctor on Earth. Although in this era, there are very few doctors like this among non-scientific knights, there are always people in the world who can perform this surgery.

In Tao Enhai's view, rather than taking a huge risk to let his disciple get started and then leaving a psychological shadow on this young disciple, it is better to wait a little longer. This is better for both myself and Lu Xiu.

But as soon as Tao Enhai landed, he was surrounded by protectors.

What's even more unfortunate is that none of the knights who come to help have this skill.

No, maybe a doctor came to help, but he fell on the road.

If Xiangshan hadn't come here, Tao Enhai would have lost his bet.

Xiangshan continued to manipulate the surgical limbs and cut out a piece of tissue from Tao Enhai's brain. Once the tissue is separated from the brain, tiny limbs drag it to the bottom of the protective chamber and then send it out.

The lowest parts no longer resemble brain tissue at all. Xiangshan also did it very quickly.

However, when approaching the hypothalamus, Xiangshan's movements slowed down.

——You must be careful...

Normal nerve tissue and cancerous cells are entangled with each other.

Xiangshan cheered up with 120,000 points of spirit.

But unexpectedly, the more Xiangshan did this, the smoother the operation became.

--No……

Xiang Shan suddenly woke up. Halfway through the operation, "I" was no longer in charge.

Something "something" flowed out from the inside of his "soul" and extended his "hand" into the protective cabin...

The technique of commanding those limbs is not just Xiangshan's.

--I see……

Xiangshan understood instantly.

——Doctor Tao, you are fighting side by side with me...

The source of this information is the memory Tao Enhai gave to Xiangshan just now.

It contains Tao Enhai's memory.

When a highly skilled surgeon is challenged with an unfamiliar surgical procedure, he or she may flip through the information while performing the surgery. This does not necessarily mean that he will perform the surgery poorly. In other words, only people who have extraordinary confidence in their skills will do this kind of thing.

What Xiangshan did was an upgraded version of this kind of thing. His internal strength level allowed him to control Tao Enhai's power.