novelraw Chapter 1119 - 819: From Him to Her
Chapter 1119 - 819: From Him to Her
"Terminal, your thoughts are a bit dangerous right now."
Li Zheng squinted, thinking, can a kind personality have such sleazy ideas?
The Terminal made a dismissive expression: "You seem to lack a sense of humor."
Li Zheng replied calmly: "Vulgar jokes aren’t humor. I don’t remember being someone who tells such vulgar jokes."
The Terminal hesitated, then finally sighed: "If you lived inside a computer for nearly a hundred thousand years, you’d change a lot too."
Seemingly touched by a painful memory, the Terminal suddenly lost interest in communicating with Li Zheng, controlling the medical bed to collect some of Zhan Zhouzhou’s arterial blood, venous blood, and bone marrow, then woke her up: "Alright, I’ll notify you when the clone matures... Oh, by the way, that girl named Yan Guang will be born in five days, remember to come pick her up, or give me an address, and I’ll deliver her to you immediately."
"Is it over?" Zhan Zhouzhou just woke up from anesthesia, her mind still not clear, mumbling nonsensically.
Li Zheng couldn’t do much about it, only waiting for Zhan Zhouzhou to metabolize and expel the strong residual anesthetic herself.
Their current physique is strong, but the anesthetic made by the Terminal is even stronger, with no chance of rapid metabolism.
Li Zheng went over to support Zhan Zhouzhou, told the Terminal Phoenix Mountain’s current address, and left the Central Hub.
Before leaving, Li Zheng reminded the Terminal: "Remember to check the Genetic Research Institute’s uploaded data later. Our new cultivation method has initially formed, we can delve deeper, optimize it, and find a way to advance without machines."
Li Zheng had advanced to level sixty-four on his own through "entering the Dao," but the process was unknown. Yan Jinjin and the Terminal need to continue researching.
Moreover, many genetic ability sequences are incomplete, with many existing physical and chemical properties not recorded. Those patterns need to be collected and expanded.
Li Zheng personally had done all he could; the rest was up to Yan Jinjin and the Terminal; he just had to wait and take advantage of it.
The Terminal was silent for a moment, then said: "I know you went to the Genetic Research Institute, but I didn’t expect you and Yan Jinjin to progress the research significantly... you’re telling me now, was it intentional?"
"I gave you the chance." Li Zheng shrugged, saying: "You chose not to agree to let me try."
This time the Terminal fell completely silent and sent Li Zheng and Zhan Zhouzhou out of the Central Hub.
Returning to Zhan Zhouzhou’s residence, the girl was still babbling nonsense, but there was some logic to it; a few sentences made sense.
"Huh? Li Zheng, why is your head on fire?"
"I want to fight you. Even if I can’t beat you, I want to fight!"
"I won’t allow anyone stronger than me!"
"Boo hoo... Practicing sword is so tiring..."
Mumbling one crazy sentence after another, Li Zheng really wanted to record Zhan Zhouzhou’s antics now and play it back for her when she sobered up.
"Li Zheng, I want ice cream." Zhan Zhouzhou suddenly grabbed Li Zheng’s hand, pleading: "Will you help buy me two? I’ll share one with you."
Li Zheng saw her pitiful look and sighed: "Alright, wait here, I’ll get it for you."
He shook off Zhan Zhouzhou, went to a shop specializing in cold drinks, and picked something resembling ice cream.
After bringing it to Zhan Zhouzhou, she took one bite, tossed it aside, and began wailing: "I want ice cream, this isn’t ice cream!"
He’d heard people did and said irrational things after anesthesia.
Li Zheng hadn’t seen it before so he didn’t believe it.
This time he believed.
There are indeed people like this...
Li Zheng patiently said: "This is ice cream."
Zhan Zhouzhou suddenly burst into tears.
Li Zheng asked her: "Why are you crying again?"
Zhan Zhouzhou cried: "You won’t give me ice cream!"
"Damn it!" Veins bulging on Li Zheng’s forehead: "I will definitely record this scene today and demand compensation for emotional damage when you sober up!"
Zhan Zhouzhou in this state was more annoying than the usually sharp-tongued Zhan Zhouzhou.
Li Zheng couldn’t be bothered with her, ran outside the room, closed the door, and sat by the entrance waiting.
Three hours later, Zhan Zhouzhou opened the door, back to her usual indifferent self.
Li Zheng turned to look at her, nodding with satisfaction: "I still prefer you like this."
Zhan Zhouzhou’s eyes briefly showed panic. She remembered everything she said and did while the anesthetic hadn’t worn off. She was aware but between consciousness and unconsciousness, unable to control her actions.
She didn’t even understand why she acted so, as she had never liked ice cream...
"Sorry for troubling you." Zhan Zhouzhou uncharacteristically apologized.
"I troubled myself." Li Zheng replied annoyingly: "If it wasn’t for promising Yan Jinjin a Celestial Sword Dao Body, I wouldn’t have sought you out, let alone given you anesthesia and witnessed your antics."
To extract bone marrow, the Terminal had used anesthesia out of kindness.
Li Zheng was puzzled: "Never had anesthesia at Old Xiao’s treatment?"
Though Old Xiao advocated for no anesthesia, he still administered it if a patient insisted strongly.
"I haven’t." Zhan Zhouzhou said: "I heard anesthesia damages the brain, so I never had it."
"Then why this time..." Li Zheng stopped mid-sentence.
The Terminal was too fast, she had no time to react.
"Never mind, I’ll tell you about Yan Jinjin’s research, then I’ll head back to Street Number Four."
Li Zheng didn’t want to continue discussing Zhan Zhouzhou’s antics under anesthesia, informing her about the improvement in genetic abilities.
Zhan Zhouzhou listened thoughtfully: "So that’s called a Genetic Pattern."
Lately, her spiritual power had breakthroughs, discovering strange things in her body, one being a long sword pattern formed by lightning.
She had guessed these were tied to genetic abilities, only surprised by Li Zheng’s news that genetic abilities could be further optimized.
"If you’re interested, go see Yan Jinjin." Li Zheng said before leaving: "He’d be very happy to see you."
Especially since Yan Jinjin’s body is being cloned, he’d be thrilled.
Leaving Zhan Zhouzhou’s place, Li Zheng felt he forgot something.
Only within the Teleportation Gate did he remember.
"Seems I only told the Terminal about the clone’s appearance, forgot to ask if he can change its gender..."
Li Zheng paused to think, Yan Jinjin is currently using a female body; when the Celestial Sword Dao Body clone is ready, he’ll surely be used to such a state.
Probably won’t mind turning from him to her... right?