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The idea of a "brain in a vat" is not without reason. After all, we no longer need sharp teeth and claws to tear at prey since we’ve learnt to process food with fire and various tools; nor do we need strong limbs to run because we have created various means of transportation that take us wherever we want, even into space where life cannot naturally tread; and we don’t need claws for weapons because we possess the most efficient tools for slaughter and destruction on this planet to vent our desires for killing and ravaging...
But what if we had a body to match our brain? What if we could optimize our flesh through some means so that our genes, organs, skeleton, nervous system, and even our internal microbiome – everything, evolved to a perfect state matching our brains? What would humankind look like then, at such a formidable level?
This notion isn’t just a tree without roots or a lofty castle in the sky, especially not for the Necromancers who specialize in studying the human body. Isn’t modifying the flesh part of their job?
Our heart isn’t strong enough? No problem, add another one! Our lungs can’t provide enough oxygen? Our respiratory system can’t breathe air sufficient for our high-performance bodies? No issue, three lungs should suffice. Our bones are frail and can’t protect our bodies and innards? Let’s add ceramics and metals into his bones and make his ribs into bone plates!
If the nervous system isn’t developed enough, then enhance it. If the visual system isn’t advanced enough, then reform the eyeballs. If the skin lacks defenses, then don it with bone and scales! The power of technology allows us to wrap our flesh in steel, magic empowers us to transform our bodies, to attain a more commanding form to bolster ourselves!
If our bones were hard enough, we wouldn’t be shattered to pieces by a car accident, incapable of even protecting our most essential organ, the brain, leading to unconsciousness due to nerve damage.
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If our neurological regeneration were strong enough, we wouldn’t lose control of all limbs due to nerve damage! If we could evolve neural ganglia or an auxiliary brain in our waist, we wouldn’t be paralyzed from the waist down due to a severed spine, unable to control even our excretions!
Our ancestors chose to evolve our brains at the expense of our physical form, developing a technological civilization that serves to transform nature for our benefit, enveloping our bodies in steel armor for protection. However, with the advancement of technology, we can certainly use scientific means to enhance our flesh, making it stronger, powerful enough to match and utilize our brain’s full capacity and potential!
Current technology may not be there yet, but for Chen Yu, necromancy spells are enough to realize any of his speculations.
Perhaps, he could leverage the Regenerative Medicine Research Laboratory that’s being established to put some of his ideas into practice? Chen Yu thought to himself.
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"Hiromi, is there knowledge about blood transformation in the ’Crimson Hymn’?" Back home after work in the evening, having finished dinner, Chen Yu flicked through his own "Multiverse Universal Necromancy Spell Compendium" on the couch and looked up to ask Jounouchi Hiromi.
"Blood transformation? Yes, there is. What are you asking for? Chen Yu, are you planning to try blood transformation on someone?" Jounouchi Hiromi responded and signaled Xiao Lan to fetch the "Crimson Hymn" from the bedroom while curiously inquiring back at Chen Yu.
"It’s not about trying it on someone; it’s that I have an idea that needs validation," Chen Yu answered as he continued to write and sketch on a stack of manuscript pages while also ceaselessly searching for new information. "Today, while examining Keiko’s father, I found that his organs and various functions were disorderly and atrophying to different extents. While considering repairs and adjustments for him, I suddenly wondered, since the human body is so frail, why not find a way to make it stronger?"
Upon hearing this, Jounouchi Hiromi revealed a teasing smile and jokingly said to him, "Make oneself stronger? Chen Yu, are you planning to work out because you’re not as fit as I am?"
The remark from Jounouchi Hiromi naturally contained some intimations between a couple. Usually, Chen Yu would respond to her, but today he had no flirtatious thoughts in mind, just continued focusing on his paper, sketching out his ideas, "No, I am thinking about how to transform the bodies of ordinary humans to make them stronger."
Answering this way, Chen Yu, to whom Jounouchi Hiromi showed her dissatisfaction by pouting her lips and lying on the couch nudging him with her foot.
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Chen Yu looked at Jounouchi Hiromi with surprise, somewhat clueless, while Xiao Lan brought the "Crimson Hymn" to Jounouchi Hiromi.
Seeing Chen Yu’s perplexed expression, Jounouchi Hiromi realized that his obliviousness was due to his focus on his work, felt a bit embarrassed and annoyed, and didn’t pursue the matter further. Although they often tried new things together, that didn’t mean she would overtly reveal certain things.
Taking the "Crimson Hymn" and flipping through the blue Dragonhide Book, Jounouchi Hiromi gathered her thoughts and asked Chen Yu, "Chen Yu, if you are looking to transform the bodies of ordinary people, what does that have to do with blood?"
"Because blood is the organ that powers humans! All the nutrients and oxygen required by the body are supplied by blood. If we could double the blood’s transportation capacity and oxygen content, Hiromi, how much stronger do you think human bodies could become?" Chen Yu explained his thoughts to Jounouchi Hiromi, "Blood is the foundation of everything. If we can’t provide sufficient energy for the body, then even the strongest organs are like trees without roots or bodies of water without a source, incapable of performing to their full potential, just like the ordinary human brain."
"So, you want to start by strengthening the blood? Hmm, that’s an interesting thought." Understanding his point, Jounouchi Hiromi flipped through the "Crimson Hymn" to find the section on blood transformation, "Here is the information on blood transformation. If you want to improve blood transport capacity, you can..."
Looking at the "Crimson Hymn" handed to him by Jounouchi Hiromi and listening to her explanation, Chen Yu was quick to jot down all the related data about blood transformation on paper, incorporating it into his own speculation.
As the two discussed and exchanged ideas, the knowledge and wisdom of the two major schools of necromancy spells collided, igniting sparks that gradually took shape under Chen Yu’s pen...
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